嘰
jī

sigh in disapproval

叽 嘰 jī
chirp
the sound made by small birds or chicks; often used in the doubled form 叽叽 jī​jī
grumble
to complain or mutter in an unclear or hushed voice; often appears in compound words describing dissatisfaction
chatter
onomatopoeia for unintelligible or low talking; often used in the compound 叽哩咕噜 jī​li​gū​lū

Cross-References

Same as

Frequency
Character
Written text
3,198th most common 7.71 per million
Movie subtitles
2,811th most common 4.78 per million appears in 2% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.88 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
3.24 per million

Details
Simplified
叽
Strokes
15
Unicode
U+5630

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)