jī​gu

whisper

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

gu mumble

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
old

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode