jī
sigh in disapproval
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 几 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嘰.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 叽
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
grumble | ||
(onom.) chirp | ||
(onom.) to jabber | ||
serge (loanword) | ||
(onom.) to jabber |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.7620% of movies
2812th most common character in movies
3198th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 5 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+53FD |
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