哎

哎	U+54CE, 哎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54CE

← 响
[U+54CD]

CJK Unified Ideographs

哏 →
[U+54CF]

Translingual

Han character

哎 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口廿大 (RTK), four-corner 6404₀, composition ⿰口艾)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 189, character 27

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3628

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 598, character 3

Unihan data for U+54CE

Chinese

trad.		哎
simp. ^#		哎
alternative forms		噯／嗳

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 艾 (OC *ŋaːds, *ŋads).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āi (ai¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aai¹, ai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ái
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ai

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: āi
  - Zhuyin: ㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ai
  - Wade–Giles: ai¹
  - Yale: āi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ai
  - Palladius: ай (aj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aai¹, ai³
  - Yale: āai, ai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aai¹, ai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ai¹, ei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːi̯⁵⁵/, /ɐi̯³³/

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

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ái
  - Hakka Romanization System: ai`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ai³
  - Sinological IPA: /ai̯³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai
  - Tâi-lô: ai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ay
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ai⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ai³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ai⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ai⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ai⁴⁴/

Definitions

哎

Interjection of surprise.

Compounds

哎呀
哎喲／哎哟

References

“哎”, 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

哎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

interjection of surprise

Readings

On (unclassified): がい (gai); あい (ai)

Korean

Hanja

哎 • (ae) (hangeul 애)

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Vietnamese

Han character

哎: Hán Nôm readings: ngáy, ngửi

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Zhuang

Verb

哎

Sawndip form of ae (“to cough”)

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