唉

唉 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口戈人大 (RIOK), four-corner 6303₄, composition ⿰口矣)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 192, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3701
• Dae Jaweon: page 411, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 635, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5509

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰlɯː, *qɯː, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 矣 (OC *ɢlɯʔ).

唉

1. interjection or grunt of agreement; yes; right
2. sighing interjection; ah; alas

唉

1. interjection or grunt of agreement; yes; right
2. sighing interjection; ah; alas
3. interjection expressing sadness, disappointment, regret, etc.; ah; alas

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. alas

• Go-on: い (i)、き (ki)
• Kan-on: あい (ai)、かい (kai)
• Kun: ああ (ā)、あくび (akubi)、おくび (okubi)、ああおお (āō)、いやいやこたえる (iyaiyakotaeru)

唉 • (ae) (hangeul 애, revised ae, McCune–Reischauer ae, Yale ay)

1. ask
2. answer

唉 (transliteration needed)

1. Nôm form of hảy (“to cry”).
2. Nôm form of háy (“to work, to toil”).

• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[1] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

唉: Hán Nôm readings: ai, hãy, hởi, hỡi, hễ, hĩ, hơi

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