Read Edit View history 哎 āi HSK7 interjection of surprise Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 艾 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas āi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 哎 Simp strokes 哎 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 哎 Simp strokes 哎 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 哎 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 94, 557 ], [ 120, 534 ], [ 130, 511 ], [ 161, 280 ] ], [ [ 152, 550 ], [ 170, 543 ], [ 271, 569 ], [ 290, 566 ], [ 313, 542 ], [ 290, 439 ], [ 285, 427 ], [ 260, 406 ] ], [ [ 183, 344 ], [ 189, 357 ], [ 254, 377 ], [ 309, 385 ], [ 333, 378 ] ], [ [ 379, 605 ], [ 448, 600 ], [ 775, 653 ], [ 833, 654 ], [ 880, 639 ] ], [ [ 459, 732 ], [ 500, 703 ], [ 532, 503 ] ], [ [ 692, 807 ], [ 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194 L 610 152 Z" ] } 8 strokes 哎 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 94, 557 ], [ 120, 534 ], [ 130, 511 ], [ 161, 280 ] ], [ [ 152, 550 ], [ 170, 543 ], [ 271, 569 ], [ 290, 566 ], [ 313, 542 ], [ 290, 439 ], [ 285, 427 ], [ 260, 406 ] ], [ [ 183, 344 ], [ 189, 357 ], [ 254, 377 ], [ 309, 385 ], [ 333, 378 ] ], [ [ 379, 605 ], [ 448, 600 ], [ 775, 653 ], [ 833, 654 ], [ 880, 639 ] ], [ [ 459, 732 ], [ 500, 703 ], [ 532, 503 ] ], [ [ 692, 807 ], [ 709, 799 ], [ 732, 769 ], [ 699, 617 ], [ 666, 516 ] ], [ [ 653, 462 ], [ 686, 409 ], [ 674, 342 ], [ 640, 246 ], [ 589, 168 ], [ 523, 116 ], [ 460, 87 ], [ 391, 66 ], [ 302, 53 ] ], [ [ 421, 396 ], [ 470, 369 ], [ 640, 162 ], [ 750, 68 ], [ 792, 49 ], [ 954, 26 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 145 553 Q 132 560 104 566 Q 91 570 87 565 Q 80 559 88 542 Q 116 466 128 343 Q 129 307 148 281 Q 164 257 172 273 Q 181 295 177 338 L 173 372 Q 160 493 159 524 C 158 547 158 547 145 553 Z", "M 308 405 Q 326 496 352 526 Q 374 554 350 568 Q 329 578 301 597 Q 280 607 238 581 Q 184 563 145 553 C 116 545 130 516 159 524 Q 159 525 241 543 Q 265 547 270 539 Q 280 532 271 489 Q 264 447 254 399 C 248 370 302 376 308 405 Z", "M 177 338 Q 252 356 331 369 Q 341 370 342 380 Q 342 387 309 405 L 308 405 L 254 399 Q 211 384 173 372 C 144 363 148 331 177 338 Z", "M 722 620 Q 774 632 873 626 Q 888 625 892 634 Q 896 644 883 658 Q 834 698 741 670 Q 738 670 737 669 L 683 659 Q 614 647 537 634 L 491 627 Q 439 621 385 613 Q 358 609 377 595 Q 420 568 491 587 Q 494 588 498 589 L 540 598 Q 588 610 675 617 L 722 620 Z", "M 537 634 Q 534 674 533 707 Q 536 726 516 733 Q 477 754 454 746 Q 436 739 451 719 Q 482 676 491 627 L 498 589 Q 510 514 524 500 Q 537 488 541 501 Q 548 520 545 543 Q 542 571 540 598 L 537 634 Z", "M 737 669 Q 741 703 770 760 Q 783 776 772 786 Q 759 802 721 818 Q 703 827 686 816 Q 676 809 685 798 Q 703 762 683 659 L 675 617 Q 654 538 657 515 Q 660 500 675 514 Q 691 532 722 620 L 737 669 Z", "M 647 198 Q 692 274 712 357 Q 719 385 727 404 Q 734 417 725 426 Q 706 451 682 463 Q 660 476 649 474 Q 639 470 640 458 Q 662 359 607 245 Q 606 244 605 240 L 577 194 Q 499 107 312 62 Q 302 61 296 57 Q 289 53 299 47 Q 305 44 320 45 Q 423 48 499 78 Q 559 100 597 139 Q 603 146 610 152 L 647 198 Z", "M 610 152 Q 721 20 768 3 Q 787 0 929 11 Q 945 12 960 18 Q 970 25 956 36 Q 938 46 800 96 Q 730 121 647 198 L 605 240 Q 553 295 498 368 Q 476 398 437 407 Q 424 410 414 403 Q 407 396 417 387 Q 468 345 502 299 Q 542 245 577 194 L 610 152 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.