咿

Information about character(s)

Radical: 口
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 9
Variants: 吚

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yī
Cantonese: ji1
JapaneseKun: TSUKURIWARAI
JapaneseOn: I
Korean: I

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: descriptive of creaking; laugh

CE-Dict: to squeak (onomatopoeia)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Onomatopoeia] squeak; creak
2.to prattle; to babble

康熙字典文字版 【丑集上】【口字部】咿
【廣韻】於脂切【集韻】於夷切【韻會】幺夷切【正韻】於宜切，𠀤音伊。【玉篇】喔咿嚅唲，謂强笑噱也。【楚辭·卜居】吾將喔咿嚅唲以事婦人乎。【韓詩外傳】鳳凰之初起也，翾翾十步之雀，喔咿而笑之。　【集韻】或省作吚。