唧啾
jī​jiū

babbling

唧 jī, jié chirping of insects

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 即 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
即
即 Sound component
jí promptly

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsiɡ
ʔsɯɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

啾 jiū wailing of child

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 秋 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
秋
秋 Sound component
qiū autumn

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsɯw
Unicodetziou

說文解字

小兒聲也。从口秋聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)