Chinese Character 哎 Meanings and components.

Form

哎

Meaning

哎 meaning[3] in English

Hey!.

(Interjection Used To Attract Attention Or To Express Surprise Or Disapprobation).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 哎 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and surname Ai (艾)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RTK

How to write 哎

To write哎ai1hey! you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 艾ai4surname Ai arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 艾 = 哎

哎 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 哎 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 哎, looks as follow:

哎
Pinyin:ai1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Hey! . (Interjection Used To Attract Attention Or To Express Surprise Or Disapprobation)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
艾
Pinyin:ai4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ai
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
乂
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Regulate . To Govern . To Control . To Mow

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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