唉

āi, ài

interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh

Radical: 口 HSK 7 e pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

唉 decomposes into the following components:

口 矣

Semantic component: 口; phonetic component: 矣.

Words containing 唉

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 唉.

唉唉
āi āi
唉姐
āi jiě
唉声叹气
āi shēng tàn qì

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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