final particle

[surprise]
Used as an exclamation to express surprise, wonder, or admiration; similar to "Oh!" or "My!"
[pain]
Used as an exclamation to express physical pain, often appearing in the compound 哎唷 āi​yō
[final particle]
Used at the end of a sentence to express admiration, encouragement, or to soften the tone of a command
(bound form)
(bound form) Used in the compound 哼唷 hēng​yō to represent the sound of physical exertion

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Frequency

Character
Written text
3,964th most common 3.09 per million
Word
Written text
4.65 per million

Details

Strokes
11
Unicode
U+5537

Sources