Chinese Character 唉 Meanings and components.

Form

唉

Meaning

唉 meaning[3] in English

Interjection Or Grunt Of Agreement Or Recognition (E.G. Yes, It's Me!).

To Sigh.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 唉 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and classical final particle, … (矣)

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 RIOK

How to write 唉

To write唉ai1interjection or … you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 矣yi3classical final … arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 矣 = 唉

唉 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

唉
Pinyin:ai1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Interjection Or Grunt Of Agreement Or Recognition (E.G. Yes, It'S Me!) . To Sigh
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
矣
Pinyin:yi3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Classical Final Particle, Similar To Modern 了[Le5]
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]
矢
Pinyin:shi3
Meaning[3]: Arrow . Dart . Straight . To Vow . To Swear . Old Variant Of 屎[Shi3]
𠂉
Pinyin:𠂉5 Shape:+
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

Notes

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

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

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