The radical
stands for bird. The phonetic
signifies an adult (
) with hand (
or ) on silk thread (or
) - a spinner. Previously women prisoners were condemned to spinning without
getting any benefit, not unlike the chicken confined to the labor of laying
eggs for its owner. A bird (
) in hand (
) produces the simplified chicken :
,
a really handy bird.
stands for bird. The phonetic 
signifies an adult (
) with hand (
or ) on silk thread (
or
) - a spinner. Previously women prisoners were condemned to spinning without
getting any benefit, not unlike the chicken confined to the labor of laying
eggs for its owner. A bird (
) produces the simplified chicken :
,
a really handy bird.
