欸 · ǎi
sigh; an exclamatory sound
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
sigh; an exclamatory sound
- Mandarin
- ǎi
- Cantonese
- oi1
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 欸 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Korean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
Go deeperNaver Hanja ↗Wiktionary ↗
Reading sources explained
- 애
- KS X 1002 (1) · Personal-name Hanja (N)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Not recorded for this exact character in this dataset. This does not mean the language has no reading.
Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+6B38
- Radical
- 欠 · 76
- Strokes
- 11 · Unihan
- Residual
- 7
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 欸
Character connections
No reverse component match in this collection.
Component roles · attributed
- 矣 sound component · CJKVI analysis
Source analysis · 矣聲
Line 4096 · ⿰矣欠 · 矣聲 · source reference 3200330
Source analyses, kept separate from modern IDS. CJKVI labels are not individually verified historical conclusions. Evidence & limits ↗
History & distinctions
Related forms
No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- 'oj · 烏開 反切 · #385
- Middle Chinese
- 'ojX · 於改 反切 · #1459
- Middle Chinese
- xeajH · 許介 反切 · #2475
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 3334 · 'oj = 蟹開一平咍影 · 'ojX = 蟹開一上咍影 · xeajH = 蟹開二去皆曉
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- ǎi
- kCantonese
- oi1
- kDefinition
- sigh; an exclamatory sound
- kTotalStrokes
- 11
- kRSUnicode
- 76.7
- kTGH
- 2013:5026
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- āi,ǎi,xiè,ế,éi,ê̌,ěi,ề,èi,ê̄ 32140.110
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- āi 0003.060 · ǎi 0004.020 · ēi 0285.050 · éi 0285.060 · ěi 0285.070 · èi 0285.080
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- ǎi 002.070 · ê̄ 088.010 · ế 088.020 · ê̌ 088.030 · ề 088.040
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- āi粵oi1 ê̄粵ei1 ế,éi粵ei4 ê̌,ěi粵ei2 ề,èi粵ei6 ǎi,ǎo粵oi2,ou2
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 烏開 於改 許介
- Kangxi positions
- 0568.070
- Guangyun positions
- 099.09 274.41 385.22
- GSR references
- 0938d
- Cangjie
- IKNO
- Four-corner
- 2748.2