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Chinese
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sorrow; grief; pity sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament |
(exclamatory or interrog. part.)
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simp. and trad.
(哀哉)
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哀
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哉
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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哀
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哉
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哉
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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āi
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zāi
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zāi
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ʔoj ›
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‹ tsoj ›
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‹ tsoj ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʔˁəj/
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/*ˁə/
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/*ˁə/
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| English
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to pity; sad
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begin
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(particle)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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哀
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哉
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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14835
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16490
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Phonetic
component
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衣
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Rime
group
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微
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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哀
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烖
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Old
Chinese
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/*qɯːl/
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/*ʔslɯː/
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Interjection
哀哉
- (Classical) How sad!
Derived terms
Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 哀哉 – see the following entry: かなしいかな
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(The following entry is uncreated: かなしいかな.)