誒

Translingual

Han character

誒 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜口戈人大 (YRIOK), four-corner 0363₄, composition ⿰訁矣)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1161, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35513
• Dae Jaweon: page 1626, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3980, character 14
• Unihan data for U+8A92

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰlɯ) : semantic 言 + phonetic 矣 (OC *ɢlɯʔ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

誒

1. Alternative form of 欸 (ê̄, ēi, “an interjection calling attention”)

Etymology 2

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誒

1. Alternative form of 欸 (ế, éi, “an interjection expressing surprise”)

Etymology 3

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誒

1. Alternative form of 欸 (ê̌, ěi, “an interjection expressing disapproval”)

Etymology 4

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誒

1. Alternative form of 欸 (ề, èi, “an interjection expressing agreement or promise”)

Etymology 5

Borrowed from E ɛ⁵⁵.

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誒

1. E (relating to the E language)

Compounds

Descendants

• → English: E

Etymology 6

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誒

1. ^† Synonym of 兮 (xī, “an exclamatory particle”)
2. ^† forced smile

Compounds

Etymology 7

Pronunciation

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誒

1. (Siyi Yue) Used after a verb to indicate perfective aspect (action completion).

   我吃誒飯囉。 [Taishanese, trad.]
   我吃诶饭啰。 [Taishanese, simp.]

   From: 2019, 李敏敏 (Li Minmin), 《台山方言助词研究》 (thesis), Guangdong: Jinan University, page 6

   ngoi¹ hiak¹ e¹ fan⁵ lo¹.

   I have eaten.

   㑢去誒囉。 [Taishanese, trad.]
   㑢去诶啰。 [Taishanese, simp.]

   From: 2019, 李敏敏 (Li Minmin), 《台山方言助词研究》 (thesis), Guangdong: Jinan University, page 7

   kiak⁴ hui¹ e¹ lo¹.

   They have gone.

Synonyms

References

• “誒”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. an exclamation of confirmation

Readings

• On (unclassified): き (ki); かい (kai); あい (ai); い (i)
• Kun: ああ (aa)

Korean

Hanja

誒 (eum 희 (hui))

1. sigh

Vietnamese

Han character

誒: Hán Việt readings: ái

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