# 吱

| 吱 | U+5431, &#21553; 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 6404$_7$, composition ⿰口支)
* 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (zhi$^1$, zi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓ, ㄗ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^1$ / gei$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ki / chi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhī
*** Zhuyin: ㄓ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhih
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^1$
*** Yale: jr̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy
*** Palladius: чжи (čži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zī
*** Zhuyin: ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zih
*** Wade–Giles: tzŭ$^1$
*** Yale: dz̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzy
*** Palladius: цзы (czy)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^1$ / gei$^1$
*** Yale: jī / gēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^1$ / gei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^1$ / géi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* 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 | /kʰiᴇ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰiɛ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰjɛ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰiə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰie$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰǐe$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kʰie̯$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hei$^3$ |
* 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
* (onomatopoeia) sound of creaking or squeaking
* (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

(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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