咯吱 gēzhī creak Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 咯 gē, luò, lo final particle Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 各 represents the sound. Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth 各 各 Sound component gè each Sources Readings & variants Unicode 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