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See also:
U+5509, 唉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5509

[U+5508]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+550A]

Translingual

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Han character

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

References

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

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *qʰlɯː, *qɯː, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ) : semantic (mouth) + phonetic (OC *ɢlɯʔ).

Pronunciation 1

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Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

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  1. interjection or grunt of agreement; yes; right
  2. sighing interjection; ah; alas

Pronunciation 2

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Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

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  1. interjection or grunt of agreement; yes; right
  2. sighing interjection; ah; alas
  3. interjection expressing sadness, disappointment, regret, etc.; ah; alas

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. alas

Readings

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Korean

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Hanja

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(ae) (hangeul , revised ae, McCune–Reischauer ae, Yale ay)

  1. ask
  2. answer

Tày

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Verb

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(transliteration needed)

  1. Nôm form of hảy (to cry).
  2. Nôm form of háy (to work, to toil).

References

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  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[1] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: ai, hãy, hởi, hỡi, hễ, , hơi

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