U+54CE, 哎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54CE

[U+54CD]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+54CF]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 30, +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口廿大 (RTK), four-corner 64040, composition )

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 189, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3628
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 598, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+54CE

Chinese edit

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Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声) : semantic (mouth) + phonetic (OC *ŋaːds, *ŋads).

Pronunciation edit


Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions edit

  1. Interjection of surprise.

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. interjection of surprise

Readings edit

  • On (unclassified): がい (gai); あい (ai)

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(ae) (hangeul )

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: ngáy, ngửi

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Zhuang edit

Verb edit

  1. Sawndip form of ae (to cough)