吱

吱 U+5431, 吱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5431 ← 吰 [U+5430] CJK Unified Ideographs 吲 → [U+5432]

Translingual

Han character

吱 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口十水 (RJE), four-corner 6404₇, composition ⿰口支)

1. chirping, squeaking, hissing

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 179, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3362
• Dae Jaweon: page 396, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 586, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5431

Chinese

simp. and trad.		吱

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
支	*kje
枝	*kje
肢	*kje
汥	*kje, *ɡe, *ɡres
衼	*kje
馶	*kje, *qʰjes, *kes, *ɡe
鳷	*kje
忮	*kjes
伎	*kjes, *ɡe, *ɡreʔ
豉	*ɡjes
翅	*qʰjes
翄	*qʰjes, *ɡe
妓	*kre, *ɡreʔ
庋	*kreʔ, *kʷreʔ
跂	*kʰeʔ, *kʰes, *ɡe
蚑	*kʰes, *ɡe
吱	*kʰes
岐	*ɡe
歧	*ɡe
鬾	*ɡre, *ɡres
技	*ɡreʔ
芰	*ɡres
攱	*kʷreʔ, *kʷres
庪	*kʷreʔ
頍	*kʰʷeʔ
屐	*ɡreɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰes): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 支 (OC *kje).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhī, zī (zhi¹, zi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ, ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ / gei¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ki / chi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhih
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹
    • Yale: jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zī
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zih
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹
    • Yale: dz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzy
    • Palladius: цзы (czy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: zi¹ / gei¹
    • Yale: jī / gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ / gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ / géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵/, /kei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki
    • Tâi-lô: ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ky
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi
    • Tâi-lô: tsi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cy
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si³³/

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• Middle Chinese: khjieH

Rime
Character	吱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去智切
Baxter	khjieH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰiᴇH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiɛH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰjɛH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰiə̆H/
Li Rong	/kʰieH/
Wang Li	/kʰǐeH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰie̯H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰes/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	吱
Reading #	1/1
No.	17219
Phonetic component	支
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	企
Old Chinese	/*kʰes/

Definitions

吱

1. (onomatopoeia) sound of creaking or squeaking
2. (Taiwan, neologism, slang, derogatory) supporters of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)

   Synonyms: 吱吱, 綠吱 / 绿吱

Compounds

• 吱吱
• 吱吱咯咯
• 吱吱喳喳 (zhīzhīzhāzhā)
• 吱聲 / 吱声 (zīshēng)
• 咯吱 (gēzhī)
• 咭吱咯吱 (jīzhīgēzhī)
• 咯吱咯喳
• 嘎吱
• 嗶吱 / 哔吱

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “DPP supporters”): 蛆 (qū, “KMT supporters”)

Japanese

Kanji

吱

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi)、き (ki)
• Kun: こえのさま (koenosama)

Korean

Hanja

吱 (eum 지 (ji))

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