诶
āiēi

an exclamation of confirmation

To verbally 讠 confirm 矣 ; 矣 also provides the pronunciation

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech
矣
矣 SoundMeaning component
yǐ, xián particle of completed action

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

誒 éi, ěi, èi an exclamation of confirmation Traditional

To verbally 言 confirm 矣 ; 矣 also provides the pronunciation

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
矣
矣 SoundMeaning component
yǐ, xián particle of completed action

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰlɯ

說文解字

可惡之辭。从言矣聲。一曰誒然。《春秋傳》曰：“誒誒出出。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)