哀歌

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Chinese

sorrow; grief; pity
sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament
 
song
simp. and trad.
(哀歌)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (28)
Final () (41) (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter 'oj ka
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔʌi/ /kɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔəi/ /kɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɒi/ /kɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔəj/ /ka/
Li
Rong
/ʔᴀi/ /kɑ/
Wang
Li
/ɒi/ /kɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔɑ̆i/ /kɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
āi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
oi1 go1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
āi
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔoj › ‹ ka ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʔˁəj/ /*ˁaj/
English to pity; sad sing, song

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 14835 7438
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qɯːl/ /*kaːl/

Noun

哀歌

  1. mournful song; elegy

Derived terms

Verb

哀歌

  1. (literary) to sing sadly

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
あい
Grade: S

Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(あい)() (aika

  1. elegy

Synonyms

Proper noun

(あい)() (Aika

  1. (biblical) Book of Lamentations

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

哀歌 (aega) (hangeul 애가)

  1. hanja form? of 애가 (mournful song, elegy)