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誒

誒

See also: 唉 and 诶

Translingual

Han character

誒 (radical 149 言+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜口戈人大 (YRIOK), four-corner 03634)

  1. berate
  2. sigh

References

  • KangXi: page 1161, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35513
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1626, character 35
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3980, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+8A92

Chinese

trad. 誒
simp. 诶

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

Rime
Character 誒
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 許其切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /hɨ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /hɨ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /xie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /hɨ/
Li
Rong		 /xiə/
Wang
Li		 /xĭə/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /xi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xī
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 誒
Reading # 1/1
No. 14948
Phonetic
component		 矣
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 僖
Old
Chinese		 /*qʰlɯ/

Definitions

誒

  1. hey

References

E

Proper noun

誒

  1. E (language)

Japanese

Kanji

誒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. an exclamation of confirmation

Readings

Korean

Hanja

誒 • ‎(hui) (hangeul 희, revised hui, McCune-Reischauer hŭi, Yale huy)

  1. sigh

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