Read Edit View history 吱 zīzhī chirping Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 支 represents the sound. Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth 支 支 Sound component zhī support, hold up Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangkʰes Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang