吱

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吱 U+5431, 吱
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5431
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 吲 →

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

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
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

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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