唉

See also: 誒

唉	U+5509, 唉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5509

← 唈
[U+5508]

CJK Unified Ideographs

唊 →
[U+550A]

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āi (ai¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aai¹ / oi¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ái
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ai / ài / haih

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 / oi¹
  - Yale: āai / ōi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aai¹ / oi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ai¹ / oi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːi̯⁵⁵/, /ɔːi̯⁵⁵/

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ái
  - Hakka Romanization System: ai^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ai³
  - Sinological IPA: /ai̯³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai
  - Tâi-lô: ai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ay
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ai⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ai³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ài
  - Tâi-lô: ài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: aix
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ai²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ai⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: haih
  - Tâi-lô: haih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haiq
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /haiʔ³²/

Definitions

唉

interjection or grunt of agreement; yes; right
sighing interjection; ah; alas

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ài (ai⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aai¹ / oi¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ái
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): haih

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ài
  - Zhuyin: ㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ài
  - Wade–Giles: ai⁴
  - Yale: ài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ay
  - Palladius: ай (aj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: aai¹ / oi¹
  - Yale: āai / ōi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aai¹ / oi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ai¹ / oi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːi̯⁵⁵/, /ɔːi̯⁵⁵/

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ái
  - Hakka Romanization System: ai^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ai³
  - Sinological IPA: /ai̯³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: haih
  - Tâi-lô: haih
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haiq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /haiʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /haiʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /haiʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /haiʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /haiʔ³²/

Definitions

唉

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

Compounds

唉吔
唉呀
唉唷 (āiyō)
唉聲嘆氣／唉声叹气 (āishēngtànqì)
唉聲歎氣／唉声叹气 (āishēngtànqì)

Japanese

Kanji

唉

(Hyōgai kanji)

alas

Readings

Go-on: い (i)、き (ki)
Kan-on: あい (ai)、かい (kai)
Kun: ああ (ā)、あくび (akubi)、おくび (okubi)、ああおお (āō)、いやいやこたえる (iyaiyakotaeru)

Korean

Hanja

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

ask
answer

Tày

Verb

唉 (transliteration needed)

Nôm form of hảy (“to cry”).
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^[1] (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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