哎哟 āiyō hey Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 哎 āi interjection of surprise Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 艾 represents the sound. Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth 艾 艾 Sound component ài, yì, aì Chinese mugwort or wormwood Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode 哟 yō, yo ah Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 约 represents the sound. Simplified form of 喲. Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth 约 约 Sound component yuē agreement Sources Readings & variants Unicode 喲 yō, yo ah Traditional Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 約 represents the sound. Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth 約 約 Sound component yuē agreement Sources Readings & variants Unicode