interjection used to express surprise

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡaʔ
ɡas
Unicodeghiǔ

說文解字

詎犹豈也。从言巨聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

interjection used to express surprise Simplified

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
large

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode