哀

Translingual

Han character

哀 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹女 (YRHV), four-corner 0073₂, composition ⿳亠口𧘇)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 188, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3580
• Dae Jaweon: page 407, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 620, character 10
• Unihan data for U+54C0

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		哀

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (衣) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
哀	*qɯːl
依	*qɯl
衣	*qɯl, *qɯls
扆	*qɯlʔ
庡	*qɯlʔ
偯	*qɯlʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qɯːl) : phonetic 衣 (OC *qɯl, *qɯls) + semantic 口 (“mouth”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 哀

1. to lament; to mourn

   哀悼  ―  āidào  ―  to lament, to mourn

   哀求  ―  āiqiú  ―  to beg, to implore

2. sad, mournful, pitiful, sorrowful
3. pity; grief

   哀痛  ―  āitòng  ―  to grieve, grief

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Japanese

Kanji

哀

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. pathetic
2. grief
3. sorrow

Readings

• Go-on: あい (ai, Jōyō); お (o)
• Kan-on: あい (ai, Jōyō)
• Kun: あわれ (aware, 哀れ, Jōyō); あわれむ (awaremu, 哀れむ, Jōyō); かなしい (kanashii, 哀しい)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
哀
あい Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 哀 (MC 'oj).

Noun

哀(あい) • (ai) 

1. grief; sorrow; sadness; lamentation

   哀(あい)を思(おも)う ― ai o omou ― to feel grief; to grieve; to mourn; lament

2. pity; sympathy

Synonyms

• 悲(かな)しみ (kanashimi)
• 嘆(なげ)き (nageki)
• 憂(うれ)い (urei)

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Korean

Hanja

哀 • (ae) (hangeul 애, McCune–Reischauer ae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 哀 (ai)

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