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欸
欸
See also: 唉
Translingual
Han character
欸 (radical 76 欠+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 戈大弓人 (IKNO), four-corner 27482, composition ⿰矣欠)
- a sigh
- an exclamatory sound
References
- KangXi: page 568, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16090
- Dae Jaweon: page 956, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2140, character 11
- Unihan data for U+6B38
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
欸 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (矣) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 唉 | *qʰlɯː, *qɯː, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ |
| 埃 | *qlɯː |
| 欸 | *qɯː, *qʰrɯːs |
| 娭 | *qɯː, *qʰlɯ |
| 挨 | *qlɯːʔ, *qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ |
| 騃 | *ŋrɯːʔ, *sɢrɯʔ |
| 俟 | *sɢrɯʔ, *ɡlɯl |
| 竢 | *sɢrɯʔ |
| 涘 | *sɢrɯʔ |
| 誒 | *qʰlɯ |
| 矣 | *ɢlɯʔ |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄞ
- Wade-Giles: ai1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ai
- IPA (key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄞˇ
- Wade-Giles: ai3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ae
- IPA (key): /ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: aai2, ei6, oi1
- Yale: áai, eih, ōi
- Cantonese Pinyin: aai2, ei6, oi1
- IPA (key): /ɑːi̯³⁵/, /ei̯²²/, /ɔːi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
| Rime | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 欸 | 欸 | 欸 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 咍 (41) | 咍 (41) | 皆 (33) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I | II |
| Fanqie | 烏開切 | 於改切 | 許介切 |
| Reconstructions | |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔʌi/ | /ʔʌiX/ | /hˠɛiH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔəi/ | /ʔəiX/ | /hᵚæiH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔɒi/ | /ʔɒiX/ | /xɐiH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔəj/ | /ʔəjX/ | /həɨjH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔᴀi/ | /ʔᴀiX/ | /xɛiH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɒi/ | /ɒiX/ | /xɐiH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔɑ̆i/ | /ʔɑ̆iX/ | /xăiH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
āi | ǎi | xiè |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 欸 | 欸 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 14935 | 14943 |
| Phonetic component |
矣 | 矣 |
| Rime group |
之 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
哀 | 譮 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qɯː/ | /*qʰrɯːs/ |
| Notes | 怒聲同譮 | |
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Korean
Hanja
欸 • (ae) (hangeul 애, revised ae, McCune-Reischauer ae, Yale ay)
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