懂中文 Dong Chinese

咿

yī

descriptive of creaking

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 伊 represents the sound. Simplified form of 吚.

Components
口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

伊 sound component

伊  Sound component

yī

  

third person pronoun

Definitions

咿  

yī

descriptive of creaking; laugh; (onom.) to squeak

咿 (吚) 

yī

variant of 咿[yī]