Chinese symbol for “cackling”
唧唧嘎嘎
jī ji gā gā
(onom.) cackling; creaking
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cackling is 唧唧嘎嘎 (jī ji gā gā), defined as: (onom.) cackling; creaking.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 唧唧嘎嘎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 唧唧 | jī jī | (onom.) chirping of insects, sighing noise etc |
| 吧唧 | bā jī | (onom.) squishing sound; (ACG) character badge (loanword from Japanese) |
| 哼哼唧唧 | hēng hēng jī jī | whining; groaning |
| 唧唧喳喳 | jī jī zhā zhā | (onom.) chattering or giggling |
| 哼唧 | hēng ji | whisper |
| 嘎嘎 | gā gā | (onom.) quack; honk |
| 嘎吱 | gā zhī | (onom.) creak; crunch |
| 嘎啦 | gā la | (onom.) rumbling; rattling |
| 吱吱嘎嘎 | zī zī gā gā | (onom.) creaking and grating |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cackling”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.