common
onomatopoeia

Meaning of

吱 means soft chirp/squeak of small animals. Pronounced zī.

  • soft chirp/squeak of small animals

Character Info

Radical
Strokes8
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Lǎo
shǔ
de
zài
liáng
cāng
kěn
liáng
shi
 

Mice were nibbling grain in the granary with soft squeaks.

Xiǎo
māo
bèi
bào
lái
shí
 
chū
le
de
jiào
shēng
 

The kitten made soft chirping sounds when it was picked up.

Cāng
shǔ
zài
lóng
zi
de
chī
guā
zi
 

The hamster was eating sunflower seeds with soft squeaks in its cage.

wài
de
tián
shǔ
zài
cǎo
cóng
zhōng
de
jiào
zhe
 

Wild field mice were squeaking softly in the grass.

Shēn
 
tīng
dào
lóu
chuán
lái
de
shǔ
jiào
shēng
 

Late at night, I heard soft squeaking mice coming from the attic.