Read Edit View history 哎 āi HSK7 interjection of surprise Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 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