吱

zhī

chirping, squeaking, hissing

How to write 吱, stroke by stroke

(onom.) creaking or groaning; (onom.) chirp; squeak; creak

Pictophonetic: semantic 口 (mouth), phonetic 支

Made of 口 + 支

嘎吱gā zhī(onom.) creak; crunch
吱吱声zī zī shēngsqueak
吱呀zhī yā(onom.) creaking
吱声zhī shēngto utter a word; to make a sound; to cheep; to squeak; also pr. [zi1 sheng1]
咯吱gē zhī(onom.) creak; groan
吱嘎zhī gā(onom.) creak; crunch
吱嘎声zhī gā shēng(linguistics) creaky voice; vocal fry
吱吱嘎嘎zī zī gā gā(onom.) creaking and grating

他一下子就不吱声了。
tā yí xià zǐ jiù bù zhī shēng le 。
He went quiet suddenly.
这节楼梯吱吱响。
zhè jié lóu tī zhī zhī xiǎng 。
These stairs are creaky.
老鸟啁啾，小鸟吱吱叫。
lǎo niǎo zhōu jiū ， xiǎo niǎo zhī zhī jiào 。
Old birds sing, young birds twitter.