hēng​hēng​jī​jī

groaning

hēng hum

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

Sound component
hēng, xiǎng, pēng smoothly

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰraːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

jī, jié chirping of insects

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
promptly

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsiɡ
ʔsɯɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang