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唉

āi, ài

alas

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 矣 represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

mouth

矣 sound component

矣  Sound component

yǐ

  

particle of completed action

Evolution

唉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
唉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

唉  

āi

alas, exclamation of surprise or pain; interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh

唉  

ài

alas; oh dear

Most common words with 唉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

唉

to sigh

唉唉

crying sound

唉声叹气

to heave deep sighs

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 7.7206% of movies

2048th most common character in movies

2091st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+5509

Shuowen

“唉，譍也。从口，矣聲。”


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