唉

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See also: 誒
唉 U+5509, 唉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5509
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 唊 →

Translingual

Han character

唉 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口戈人大 (RIOK), four-corner 63034, composition ⿰口矣)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 192, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3701
  • Dae Jaweon: page 411, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 635, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5509

Chinese

trad. 唉
simp. # 唉

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (矣) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
唉 *qʰlɯː, *qɯː, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ
埃 *qlɯː
欸 *qɯː, *qʰrɯːs
娭 *qɯː, *qʰlɯ
挨 *qlɯːʔ, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ
騃 *ŋrɯːʔ, *sɢrɯʔ
俟 *sɢrɯʔ, *ɡlɯl
竢 *sɢrɯʔ
涘 *sɢrɯʔ
誒 *qʰlɯ
矣 *ɢlɯʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰlɯː, *qɯː, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 矣 (OC *ɢlɯʔ).

Pronunciation 1

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

唉

  1. interjection or grunt of agreement; yes; right
  2. sighing interjection; ah; alas

Pronunciation 2

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

唉

  1. interjection or grunt of agreement; yes; right
  2. sighing interjection; ah; alas
  3. interjection expressing sadness, disappointment, regret, etc.; ah; alas

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

唉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. alas

Readings

Korean

Hanja

唉 • (ae) (hangeul 애, revised ae, McCune–Reischauer ae, Yale ay)

  1. ask
  2. answer

Tày

Verb

唉 (transliteration needed)

  1. Nôm form of hảy (“to cry”).
  2. Nôm form of háy (“to work, to toil”).

References

  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

Han character

唉: Hán Nôm readings: ai, hãy, hởi, hỡi, hễ, hĩ, hơi

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