qī​qi​chā​chā

chattering

qī, zú, zā to be grieved

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

Sound component
qi battle-axe, sorrow, grief, relative

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsluːb

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

zhā, chā, zha whispering

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
chá investigate

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode