Classical particle used at the end of a sentence to express exclamation or strong emotion, as in 大哉 dà​zāi or 呜呼哀哉 wū​hū'āi​zāi

In Wu dialects such as Shanghainese, used at the end of a sentence to show that an action is finished or a state has changed, equivalent to 了 le

Classical particle used at the end of a sentence to mark a question or rhetorical question, as in 何足道哉 hé​zú​dào​zāi

A Chinese surname

In classical Chinese, to start or begin; equivalent to 始 shǐ