唉

See also 誒

Translingual

Han character

唉 (radical 30 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口戈人大 (RIOK), four-corner 6303₄)

1. alas, exclamation of surprise or pain

References

• KangXi: page 192, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3701
• Dae Jaweon: page 411, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 635, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5509

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Cantonese

Hanzi

唉 (Yale aai1, oi1)

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Japanese

Kanji

唉

Readings

• On: かい (kai), き (ki), あい (ai), い (i)
• Kun: ああ (aa), ああおお (aaoo), いやいやこたえる (iyaiyakotaeru)

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Korean

Hanja

唉 (hangeul 애, revised ae, McCune-Reischauer ae)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

唉 (pinyin āi (ai1), Wade-Giles ai¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

唉 (ai, hãy, hởi, hỡi, hễ, hĩ, hơi)