简体
繁體
pīnyīn
ㄅㄆㄇㄈ
zhī, zī
chirping
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 支 represents the sound.
口 Meaning component
kǒu
mouth
支 Sound component
zhī
support, hold up
吱
chirping, squeaking, hissing; (onom.) creaking or groaning
zī
(onom.) to squeak (of mice); to chirp or peep (of small birds)
(onom.) to squeak (of mice)
吱声
to utter a word
咯吱
groan
嘎吱
crunch
吱嘎
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 1.7620% of movies
2835th most common character in movies
2805th most common character in books
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