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唧

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(onom.) to pump (water)

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Strokes
10
Radical
口 +7
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
唧
Common rank
#2,436
Unicode
U+5527

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

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How 唧 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 meaning “mouth” + 即 sound ( jí )

Components 口 即

Words with 唧

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
苦不唧儿 kǔ bu jī r erhua variant of 苦不唧[ku3 bu5 ji1]
苦不唧 kǔ bu jī slightly bitter
灰不喇唧 huī bù lǎ jī dull gray; gray and loathsome
巴唧 bā ji variant of 吧唧[ba1 ji5]
巴唧巴唧 bā ji bā ji variant of 吧唧吧唧[ba1 ji5 ba1 ji5]
唧筒座 Jī tǒng zuò Antlia (constellation)
磨唧 mò ji (dialect) to be very slow; to dawdle
唧筒 jī tǒng a pump; water pump
唧唧歪歪 jī ji wāi wāi variant of 嘰嘰歪歪|叽叽歪歪[ji1 ji5 wai1 wai1]
吧唧 bā jī (onom.) squishing sound; (ACG) character badge (loanword from Japanese)
吧唧 bā ji to smack one's lips
吧唧吧唧 bā ji bā ji (onom.) smacking the lips
唧唧嘎嘎 jī ji gā gā (onom.) cackling; creaking
咕唧 gū jī to whisper; to mutter
唧咕 jī gu (onom.) whisper
唧唧 jī jī (onom.) chirping of insects, sighing noise etc
哼唧 hēng ji whisper
哼哼唧唧 hēng hēng jī jī whining; groaning; muttering
唧唧喳喳 jī jī zhā zhā (onom.) chattering or giggling
唧啾 jī jiū (onom.) babble; twittering of birds

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 即 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
即 sound part jí promptly, quickly, immediately
鲫 jì crucian carp; Carassius auratus