唉 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 10 strokes

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. (嘆息の声)ああ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「口」+音符「矣」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

alas

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カイ
  • アイ
Kun (native)
  • ああ
  • あお
  • いやいやこた(える)
Other languages
  • 拼音ai1
  • 拼音ai4
  • 한글ae
  • Hán-ViệtAi
  • Hán-ViệtÁi
  • Hán-ViệtHãi
  • Hán-ViệtHãy
  • Hán-ViệtHẽ
  • Hán-ViệtHễ
  • Hán-ViệtHĩ
  • Hán-ViệtHỏi
  • Hán-ViệtHơi
  • Hán-ViệtHỡi
  • Hán-ViệtHởi
  • Hán-ViệtHỹ

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 4
Unicode
U+5509

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口矣

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Lookup codes

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