hāi

an exclamation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

海 sound component

  Sound component

hǎi

  

sea

Definitions

 

hāi

an exclamation; oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword)