吱吱嘎嘎 zīzīgāgā creaking and grating Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 吱 zhī, zī, qì chirping 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 嘎 gā, gá, gǎ sound of laughter Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth mouth 戛 戛 Sound component jiá lance Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangkriːɡ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang