哎

āi

hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation)

Radical: 口 HSK 7 e pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

哎 decomposes into the following components:

口 艾

Semantic component: 口; phonetic component: 艾.

Words containing 哎

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 哎.

哎呀
āi yā
哎呦
āi yōu
哎哟
āi yō
哎唷
āi yō

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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