pheasant
雉 centers on the pheasant, a specific type of bird. The meaning is narrow and concrete, referring directly to this bird.
雉 combines 矢 (arrow) and 隹 (bird), suggesting a bird that is hunted with arrows, i.e., a pheasant. The exact historical development is uncertain, but the component combination is a plausible semantic compound.
An arrow (矢) beside a bird (隹) makes a pheasant: imagine a hunter aiming an arrow at a colorful pheasant in the field.
For ジ, picture a pheasant with a bright red crest that looks like the letter G: G -> ジ, and the pheasant struts proudly.
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese green pheasant
Oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis); rufous turtle dove
parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night)
Hakuchi era (650.2.15-654.10.?)
avoiding unnecessary talk can prevent disaster falling on one; there is safety in silence; the pheasant would not be shot but for its cries
brown tabby cat
green pheasant; Japanese green pheasant
flute used to lure green pheasants (imitates the pheasant's song)
red-spotted grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus akaara); Hong Kong grouper
Asparagus schoberioides
common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus); ring-necked pheasant