嘁嘁喳喳 qīqichāchā chattering Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 嘁 qī, zú, zā to be grieved Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth mouth 戚 戚 Sound component qi battle-axe, sorrow, grief, relative Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangʔsluːb Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 喳 zhā, chā, zha whispering Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 查 represents the sound. Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth 查 查 Sound component chá investigate Sources Readings & variants Unicode