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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- ai1
- English meanings
- mild exclamation/sigh, Gosh!, My!
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 口; right 矣.
Meaning & sound clues
口 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “mouth”.
矣 is identified as the sound component (yǐ). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 唉.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
sorrow; mourn
swounds
dust; Egypt
in order
love
tumor
white (as snow)
low
hinder; obstruct
mugwort; stop
kind; amiable
narrow; pass
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