家禽
jiā qín · HSK 7
domestic fowl
🐔🦆 家 = home/domestic + 禽 = birds/fowl, so household birds = poultry
家 means home or domestic and 禽 means birds or fowl. Together they name the birds kept around the home for food: chickens, ducks, geese. The second syllable qín rhymes with the keen sound of a clucking flock.
家 — roof 宀 + pig 豕
Originally a pictograph of a pig under a roof, since domesticated pigs were kept in or under the home in ancient China. Over time the meaning broadened from 'household' to 'family,' and by extension 'home' or a specialist (as in 专家, 'expert').