懂中文 Dong Chinese

嘰

jī

sigh in disapproval

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 幾 represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

幾 sound component

幾  Sound component

jǐ, jī

  

how much

Evolution

嘰 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
嘰 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

叽 (嘰) 

jī

sigh in disapproval; take small; grumble

Most common words with 嘰
Freq.
Word
Meaning

叽

grumble

叽叽喳喳

(onom.) chirp

叽里咕噜

(onom.) to jabber

哔叽

serge (loanword)

叽哩咕噜

(onom.) to jabber