吱 — Chinese character
吱
zhī
to chirp; to hiss; to squeak
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 口 支
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 支
Common words with 吱
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嘎吱 | gā zhī | (onom.) creak; crunch |
| 吱声 (吱聲) | zhī shēng | to utter a word; to make a sound |
| 吱呀 | zhī yā | (onom.) creaking |
| 咯吱 | gē zhī | (onom.) creak; groan |
| 吱吱声 (吱吱聲) | zī zī shēng | squeak |
| 吱吱嘎嘎 | zī zī gā gā | (onom.) creaking and grating |
| 吱嘎 | zhī gā | (onom.) creak; crunch |
| 吱嘎声 (吱嘎聲) | zhī gā shēng | (linguistics) creaky voice; vocal fry |
English words written with 吱
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.