哎唷 āiyō ouch; oh 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 唷 yō, yo, yù final particle Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 育 represents the sound. Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth 育 育 Sound component yù to have children Sources Readings & variants Unicode