嘰

See also: 叽

嘰 U+5630, 嘰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5630 ← 嘯 [U+562F] CJK Unified Ideographs 嘱 → [U+5631]

Translingual

Han character

嘰 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口女戈戈 (RVII), four-corner 6205₃, composition ⿰口幾)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 207, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4247
• Dae Jaweon: page 430, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 687, character 19
• Unihan data for U+5630

Chinese

trad.		嘰
simp.		叽*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (幾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
機	*kɯl
譏	*kɯl
嘰	*kɯl
磯	*kɯl
鞿	*kɯl
饑	*kɯl
禨	*kɯl, *kɯls
幾	*kɯl, *kɯlʔ, *ɡɯl, *ɡɯls
鐖	*kɯl
僟	*kɯl
璣	*kɯl
蟣	*kɯlʔ, *ɡɯl
穖	*kɯlʔ
畿	*ɡɯl

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jī (ji¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ji
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei¹
    • Yale: gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki
    • Tâi-lô: ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ky
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kj+j

Rime
Character	嘰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居依切
Baxter	kj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨi/
Pan Wuyun	/kɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/kiəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨj/
Li Rong	/kiəi/
Wang Li	/kĭəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ke̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gei1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嘰
Reading #	1/1
No.	5790
Phonetic component	幾
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	機
Old Chinese	/*kɯl/

Definitions

嘰

1. to eat a little
2. to sigh
3. An onomatopoeia.

Compounds

• 咔嘰／咔叽 (kǎjī)
• 嗶嘰／哔叽 (bìjī)
• 嘰咕／叽咕
• 嘰哩呱啦／叽哩呱啦 (jīliguālā)
• 嘰哩咕嚕／叽哩咕噜 (jīligūlū)
• 嘰嘰咕咕／叽叽咕咕
• 嘰嘰喳喳／叽叽喳喳
• 嘰嘰嘎嘎／叽叽嘎嘎
• 滑不嘰溜／滑不叽溜

 

Japanese

Kanji

嘰

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki); け (ke); ぎ (gi)

Korean

Hanja

嘰 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune–Reischauer ki)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嘰: Hán Nôm readings: kí

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References

• Nom Foundation