叽
grumble
5 strokes
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How 叽 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 几 (phonetic, jǐ)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 几
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 几 (jǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 几 sound component | jǐ | small table; how many; a few, some |
| 肌 | jī | flesh, skin; muscle, tissue; meat on bones |
| 铅 | qiān | lead |
| 饥 | jī | hungry, starving; hunger, famine |
| 矶 | jī | jetty, reef; breakwater, eddy |
| 讥 | jī | to ridicule, to mock, to jeer |
| 玑 | jī | an oblong pearl |
| 虮 | jǐ | nits, lice |
| 麂 | jǐ | a species of deer |
| 処 | chǔ | place, locale; department |
Words containing 叽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不拉叽 | bù lā jī | (nasty, stupid etc) as can be |
| 东方叽咋柳莺 | dōng fāng jī zǎ liǔ yīng | (bird species of China) mountain chiffchaff (Phylloscopus sindianus) |
| 磨叽 | mò ji | (dialect) to dawdle; to waste time; also written 墨跡|墨迹[mo4 ji5] |
| 叽咋柳莺 | jī zǎ liǔ yīng | (bird species of China) common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) |
| 叽里咕噜 | jī li gū lū | see 嘰哩咕嚕|叽哩咕噜[ji1 li5 gu1 lu1] |
| 毛哔叽 | máo bì jī | serge |
| 叽叽歪歪 | jī ji wāi wāi | (coll.) to go on and on (annoyingly); to mouth off; to make a fuss |
| 叽叽嘎嘎 | jī ji gā gā | (onom.) giggling noise |
| 叽叽咕咕 | jī ji gū gū | (onom.) to mutter; to mumble; to whisper |
| 叽哩咕噜 | jī li gū lū | (onom.) to jabber; to rumble |
| 咔叽 | kǎ jī | khaki (loanword) |
| 叽叽喳喳 | jī jī zhā zhā | (onom.) chirp; twitter; buzzing; to chatter continuously |
| 哔叽 | bì jī | serge (loanword) |