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艾

ài, aì, yì

Chinese mugwort or wormwood

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 乂 represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

乂 sound component

乂  Sound component

yì

  

mow grass

Evolution

艾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
艾 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
艾 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
艾 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
艾 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

艾  

ài

artemisia, mugwort; translit.; Chinese mugwort or wormwood; moxa; to stop or cut short; phonetic "ai" or "i"; abbr. for 艾滋病[ài​zī​bìng], AIDS

艾  

Aì

surname Ai

艾  

yì

to mow; to cut; to reap; to redress

Most common words with 艾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

艾

moxa

艾滋病

AIDS (loanword)

艾特

at symbol, @

艾迪

Eddie (name)

艾森豪威尔

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), US army general and politician, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, US President 1953-1961

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

哎 砹

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.ŋˤa[t]-s

ngajH

ài

Artemisia; moxa


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 19.6540% of movies

711th most common character in movies

1291st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+827E

Shuowen

“艾，冰臺也。从艸，乂聲。”


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