Chinese Character 欸 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

欸 meaning[3] in English

Sigh.

Exclamation Eh!.

Main Components

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

Its radical[1] is: (qian4) which means: Deficient, To Owe, To Lack, Yawn, .qian4deficient

In cangjie it is written with IKNO

How to write 欸

To writeai1sigh you should write a combination of yi3classical final … , qian4deficient arranged in a shape:

+ =

欸 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

Pinyin:ai1 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Sigh . Exclamation Eh!

Pinyin:yi3 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Classical Final Particle, Similar To Modern 了[Le5]

Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]

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]

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

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

Pinyin:qian4
Meaning[3]: Deficient . To Owe . To Lack . Yawn

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 欸in English or Chinese