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Chinese
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sorrow; grief; pity sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament
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song
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simp. and trad. (哀歌)
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哀
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歌
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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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歌
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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āi
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gē
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Middle Chinese
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‹ ʔoj ›
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‹ ka ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ʔˁəj/
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/*ˁaj/
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English
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to pity; sad
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sing, song
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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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歌
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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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7438
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Phonetic component
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衣
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可
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Rime group
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微
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歌
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Rime subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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哀
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歌
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Old Chinese
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/*qɯːl/
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/*kaːl/
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Noun
哀歌
- mournful song; elegy
Derived terms
Verb
哀歌
- (literary) to sing sadly
Derived terms
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
哀歌 • (aika)
- elegy
Synonyms
Proper noun
哀歌 • (Aika)
- (biblical) Book of Lamentations
Korean
Noun
哀歌 • (aega) (hangeul 애가)
- hanja form? of 애가 (“mournful song, elegy”)