吱

Character

吱 zhī · zī

Character2 readings

(onom.) creaking or groaning

Radical: 口
Strokes: 7
Structure: Left–right
Parts: 口支
Traditional: 吱
Frequency: #3126 most common character

Practice writing

Readings and meanings

zhīMain reading zīRare reading

zhī

zhi1Main reading

(onom.) creaking or groaning CC-CEDICT

Words that use “吱” as zhī

吱呀zhī yā(onom.) creakingWord 吱嘎zhī gā(onom.) creakWord 吱声zhī shēngto utter a wordWord 咯吱gē zhī(onom.) creakWord 嘎吱gā zhī(onom.) creakWord 吱嘎声zhī gā shēng(linguistics) creaky voiceWord

zī

zi1Reading 2Rare reading

This reading is uncommon in everyday Chinese; the main reading is zhī.

(onom.) chirp; squeak; creak CC-CEDICT

Words that use “吱” as zī

吱吱声zī zī shēngsqueakWord 吱吱嘎嘎zī zī gā gā(onom.) creaking and gratingWord

Stroke order

Practice writing 吱

Draw “吱” here — the faint guide shows its shape.

Example sentences

這節樓梯吱吱響。
zhè jié lóu tī zhī zhī xiǎng
These stairs are creaky.
Tatoeba · sentence #13117546 by LeviHighway; translation #12808314 by rul · CC BY 2.0 FR
他一下子就不吱声了。
tā yí xià zǐ jiù bù zhī shēng le
He went quiet suddenly.
Tatoeba · sentence #13541026 by DaoSeng; translation #10708086 by vxern · CC BY 2.0 FR
老鳥啁啾，小鳥吱吱叫。
lǎo niǎo zhōu jiū xiǎo niǎo zhī zhī jiào
Old birds sing, young birds twitter.
Tatoeba · sentence #728619 by Martha; translation #728628 by Martha · CC BY 2.0 FR

See all 8 words with 吱 →

Same radical 口

All characters with 口 →

和hé 吗ma 嗎ma 可kě 后hòu 名míng 台tái 同tóng 员yuán 員yuán 喜xǐ 噹dāng

吱