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哀 U+54C0, 哀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54C0
← 咿
[U+54BF] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 品 →
[U+54C1]

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Han character

哀 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹女 (YRHV), four-corner 00732, composition ⿳亠口𧘇)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 188, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3580
  • Dae Jaweon: page 407, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 620, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+54C0

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (衣) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qɯːl): phonetic 衣 (OC *qɯl, *qɯls) + semantic 口 (“mouth”).

Etymology 1

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Probably sound-symbolic (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
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Definitions

哀

  1. to pity; to sympathize
  2. to lament; to mourn
    哀悼  ―  āidào  ―  to lament; to mourn
    哀求  ―  āiqiú  ―  to beg; to implore
  3. sad; mournful; pitiful; sorrowful
    哀痛  ―  āitòng  ―  sad; grieved
  4. grief; sorrow
    節哀／节哀  ―  jié'āi  ―  to restrain one's grief
  5. orphaned of one's mother due to her passing
  6. a surname
  7. (Suzhounese) this; these
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 這 (“this”) [map]
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Compounds

  • 七哀
  • 乞哀
  • 乞哀告憐 / 乞哀告怜 (qǐ'āigàolián)
  • 佞哀
  • 修哀
  • 傷哀 / 伤哀
  • 八哀詩 / 八哀诗
  • 凄哀
  • 割哀
  • 可哀 (kě'āi)
  • 吞哀
  • 告哀
  • 含哀
  • 哀丐
  • 哀丘
  • 哀些
  • 哀人
  • 哀傷 / 哀伤 (āishāng)
  • 哀兵
  • 哀兵必勝 / 哀兵必胜 (āibīngbìshèng)
  • 哀冊 / 哀册
  • 哀凶
  • 哀切 (āiqiè)
  • 哀匏
  • 哀卹
  • 哀厚
  • 哀厲 / 哀厉
  • 哀叩
  • 哀叫 (āijiào)
  • 哀吊
  • 哀吁
  • 哀吟
  • 哀告 (āigào)
  • 哀吹豪竹
  • 哀咽
  • 哀哉 (āizāi)
  • 哀哇
  • 哀哀
  • 哀哀欲絕 / 哀哀欲绝
  • 哀哽
  • 哀哭 (āikū)
  • 哀嗟
  • 哀嘆 / 哀叹 (āitàn)
  • 哀囀 / 哀啭
  • 哀壑
  • 哀壯 / 哀壮
  • 哀娛 / 哀娱
  • 哀婉 (āiwǎn)
  • 哀子
  • 哀宥
  • 哀容
  • 哀家 (āijiā)
  • 哀家梨
  • 哀察
  • 哀居 (Āijū)
  • 哀平
  • 哀弄
  • 哀弔 / 哀吊
  • 哀弦
  • 哀彈 / 哀弹
  • 哀心
  • 哀念
  • 哀思 (āisī)
  • 哀怛
  • 哀急
  • 哀怨 (āiyuàn)
  • 哀恨
  • 哀恕
  • 哀恫
  • 哀恤
  • 哀悃
  • 哀情 (āiqíng)
  • 哀悴
  • 哀悼 (āidào)
  • 哀惋
  • 哀悽 / 哀凄 (āiqī)
  • 哀惜
  • 哀悲
  • 哀惶
  • 哀愁 (āichóu)
  • 哀惸
  • 哀感
  • 哀惻 / 哀恻
  • 哀愍
  • 哀感頑豔 / 哀感顽艳
  • 哀愨 / 哀悫
  • 哀愴 / 哀怆
  • 哀憂 / 哀忧
  • 哀慟 / 哀恸 (āitòng)
  • 哀慼 / 哀戚
  • 哀慕
  • 哀慘 / 哀惨
  • 哀憐 / 哀怜 (āilián)
  • 哀憫 / 哀悯
  • 哀憤 / 哀愤
  • 哀懇 / 哀恳
  • 哀懼 / 哀惧
  • 哀戀 / 哀恋
  • 哀戚 (āiqī)
  • 哀拯
  • 哀挽
  • 哀摧
  • 哀啟 / 哀启 (āiqǐ)
  • 哀敬
  • 哀文
  • 哀時 / 哀时
  • 哀書 / 哀书
  • 哀曼
  • 哀杖
  • 哀梨
  • 哀楚
  • 哀榮 / 哀荣 (āiróng)
  • 哀樂 / 哀乐
  • 哀歌 (āigē, “elegy”)
  • 哀歎 / 哀叹 (āitàn)
  • 哀毀 / 哀毁
  • 哀毀瘠立 / 哀毁瘠立 (āihuǐjílì)
  • 哀毀骨立 / 哀毁骨立 (āihuǐgǔlì)
  • 哀氣 / 哀气
  • 哀求 (āiqiú)
  • 哀江南賦 / 哀江南赋
  • 哀江頭 / 哀江头
  • 哀泣 (āiqì)
  • 哀激
  • 哀烏 / 哀乌
  • 哀烏郎 / 哀乌郎
  • 哀煢 / 哀茕
  • 哀牢 (Āiláo)
  • 哀狖
  • 哀王孫 / 哀王孙
  • 哀玉
  • 哀疚
  • 哀痛 (āitòng)
  • 哀痛詔 / 哀痛诏
  • 哀眷
  • 哀矜 (āijīn)
  • 哀石
  • 哀祈
  • 哀祭
  • 哀笳
  • 哀策
  • 哀箏 / 哀筝
  • 哀籥
  • 哀籲 / 哀吁
  • 哀素
  • 哀絃 / 哀弦
  • 哀絲 / 哀丝 (āisī)
  • 哀結 / 哀结
  • 哀絲豪竹 / 哀丝豪竹
  • 哀而不傷 / 哀而不伤 (āi'érbùshāng)
  • 哀耗
  • 哀聲 / 哀声
  • 哀聽 / 哀听
  • 哀腸百轉 / 哀肠百转
  • 哀臞
  • 哀臨 / 哀临
  • 哀艷 / 哀艳 (āiyàn)
  • 哀苦 (āikǔ)
  • 哀荒
  • 哀號 / 哀号 (āiháo)
  • 哀蟬曲 / 哀蝉曲
  • 哀角
  • 哀詞 / 哀词 (āicí)
  • 哀訴 / 哀诉
  • 哀詔 / 哀诏 (āizhào)
  • 哀誄 / 哀诔
  • 哀請 / 哀请
  • 哀識 / 哀识
  • 哀豔 / 哀艳 (āiyàn)
  • 哀贊 / 哀赞
  • 哀輓 / 哀挽
  • 哀轉 / 哀转
  • 哀辭 / 哀辞 (āicí)
  • 哀迫
  • 哀迷
  • 哀酸
  • 哀閔 / 哀闵
  • 哀隱 / 哀隐
  • 哀雅
  • 哀音
  • 哀響 / 哀响
  • 哀頓 / 哀顿
  • 哀風 / 哀风
  • 哀颯 / 哀飒
  • 哀駘 / 哀骀
  • 哀鬱 / 哀郁
  • 哀鳴 / 哀鸣 (āimíng)
  • 哀鴻 / 哀鸿 (āihóng)
  • 哀鴻遍地 / 哀鸿遍地
  • 哀鴻遍野 / 哀鸿遍野 (āihóngbiànyě)
  • 哀麗 / 哀丽
  • 哀默
  • 喜怒哀樂 / 喜怒哀乐 (xǐnù'āilè)
  • 嗚呼哀哉 / 呜呼哀哉 (wūhū'āizāi)
  • 國哀 / 国哀
  • 垂哀
  • 奔哀
  • 奪哀 / 夺哀
  • 娛哀 / 娱哀
  • 孤哀子
  • 寒哀
  • 居哀
  • 怨哀哀
  • 怨怨哀哀
  • 息哀
  • 悲哀 (bēi'āi)
  • 愍哀
  • 愁哀
  • 憂哀 / 忧哀
  • 憂國哀民 / 忧国哀民
  • 憫哀 / 悯哀
  • 憐哀 / 怜哀
  • 成哀
  • 敘哀 / 叙哀
  • 新哀
  • 於乎哀哉 / 于乎哀哉
  • 於呼哀哉 / 于呼哀哉 (wūhū'āizāi)
  • 極哀 / 极哀
  • 榮哀 / 荣哀
  • 樂往哀來 / 乐往哀来
  • 樂極哀來 / 乐极哀来
  • 樂極生哀 / 乐极生哀
  • 樂盡哀生 / 乐尽哀生
  • 殺哀 / 杀哀
  • 求哀
  • 沈哀
  • 清哀
  • 牛哀
  • 獨弦哀歌 / 独弦哀歌
  • 生榮亡哀 / 生荣亡哀
  • 生榮死哀 / 生荣死哀
  • 生榮沒哀 / 生荣没哀
  • 發哀 / 发哀
  • 盡哀 / 尽哀
  • 矜哀
  • 祁哀
  • 祥哀
  • 禹哀
  • 穆哀
  • 節哀 / 节哀 (jié'āi)
  • 節哀順變 / 节哀顺变 (jié'āishùnbiàn)
  • 羊角哀
  • 耗矣哀哉
  • 致哀 (zhì'āi)
  • 舉哀 / 举哀 (jǔ'āi)
  • 苦竹哀絲 / 苦竹哀丝
  • 苦苦哀求
  • 莫里哀 (Mòlǐ'āi)
  • 見哀 / 见哀
  • 誌哀 / 志哀 (zhì'āi)
  • 豪竹哀絲 / 豪竹哀丝
  • 豪管哀弦
  • 赴哀
  • 遂哀
  • 遣哀
  • 遺哀 / 遗哀
  • 酸哀
  • 銜哀 / 衔哀
  • 銜哀致誠 / 衔哀致诚
  • 韓哀 / 韩哀
  • 顧哀 / 顾哀
  • 餘哀 / 余哀
  • 驚哀 / 惊哀
  • 鳴哀 / 鸣哀
  • 鴻雁哀鳴 / 鸿雁哀鸣 (hóngyàn'āimíng)
  • 黃雀哀 / 黄雀哀
  • 默哀 (mò'āi)

Etymology 2

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Coblin (2021) proposes that it is a contraction of Common Neo-Hakka compound 阿姆 (*a¹ moi¹), where *moi¹ may have come from earlier *moi⁴, perhaps related to 母 (OC *mɯʔ, “mother”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

哀

  1. (Hakka) mother
    爺哀／爷哀 [Sixian Hakka]  ―  yà-ôi [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]  ―  father and mother; parents

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

哀

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. pathetic
  2. grief
  3. sorrow

Readings

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 哀 (MC 'oj).

Noun

哀(あい) • (ai) 

  1. grief; sorrow; sadness; lamentation
    哀(あい)を思(おも)う ― ai o omou ― to feel grief; to grieve; to mourn; lament
  2. pity; sympathy

Synonyms

Korean

Hanja

哀 • (ae) (hangeul 애, McCune–Reischauer ae)

  1. grief, sorrow
  2. sad

Vietnamese

Han character

哀: Hán Nôm readings: ai

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