唧 (jī) — to spurt, to squirt | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to spurtto squirt

Easily confused

唧。
Shuǐ cóng shuǐ guǎn lǐ jī chū lái.
Water spurts out of the pipe.
，唧。
Tā yòng lì yì jǐ, yá gāo jī le chū lái.
He squeezed hard, and the toothpaste squirted out.
唧。
Shāng kǒu jī chū le yì diǎn xuè.
A little blood spurted from the wound.

Sound + meaning

六书liùshū

形声xíngshēng

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

口即唧

Meaning part形符xíngfú

口口kǒumouth

Sound part声符shēngfú

即

Same sound today

唧 pairs 口 (mouth) with 即, which gives the sound.