bird-lime
黐 refers to bird-lime, a sticky substance used to trap birds. The meaning is narrow and concrete, centered on this adhesive material.
黐 combines 黍 (millet) and 离, which likely contributes the sound. The character may have originally referred to a sticky substance made from millet, fitting the bird-lime meaning.
The left side 黍 suggests sticky millet, and the right side 离 looks like a bird caught in a trap. Together, they make bird-lime: a sticky millet-based paste used to trap birds.
For チ, imagine a bird stuck in the lime letting out a tiny 'chee!' sound: chee -> チ, as it struggles against the sticky trap.
broad-leaf privet (Ligustrum lucidum); glossy privet
Ilex leucoclada (species of holly)
humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus); Napoleon wrasse; Napoleonfish; Maori wrasse
Japanese photinia (Photinia glabra)
birdlime
Nepal holly (Ilex integra)
lime stick for catching insects
Rhododendron macrosepalum
kurogane holly (Ilex rotunda)
Japanese privet (Ligustrum japonicum)