哉

zāi

Radical: 口 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

哉 decomposes into the following components:

口

Semantic component: 口.

Words containing 哉

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 哉.

善哉
shàn zāi
excellent
悠哉
yōu zāi
圣哉经
shèng zāi jīng
Sanctus (section of Catholic mass)
优哉游哉
yōu zāi yóu zāi
see 悠哉悠哉[you1 zai1 you1 zai1]
呜呼哀哉
wū hū āi zāi
alas
幸甚至哉
xìng shèn zhì zāi
filled with joy (quotation from poems by Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1])
悠哉悠哉
yōu zāi yōu zāi
free and unconstrained (idiom)
悠哉游哉
yōu zāi yóu zāi
see 悠哉悠哉[you1 zai1 you1 zai1]

Related characters (radical 口)

Characters that share the radical 口.

卟 口 古 句 另 叨 叩 只 叫 召 叭 叮 可 台 叱 史 右 叵 叶 号 司 叹 叻 叼

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