咿
yī

descriptive of creaking

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 伊 represents the sound. Simplified form of 吚.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
伊
伊 Sound component
yī third person pronoun

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔjij[ʔ]ijforced laugh
Zhengzhangqlil

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang