Read Edit View history 唧 jī chirping of insects Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 即 represents the sound. Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth 即 即 Sound component jí promptly Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangʔsiɡʔsɯɡ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang