āiài HSK7

alas

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

Sound component
yǐ, xián particle of completed action

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰlɯː
qɯː
qrɯː
qrɯːʔ

說文解字

《說文》:“唉,譍也。从口,矣聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica