Hanja Analyzer
欸

欸 — ae

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
한숨쉴 애
Romanization
ae
English
sigh; an exclamatory sound
Mandarin
ǎi
Japanese on'yomi
アイ, イ, カイ, ケ
Japanese kun'yomi
ああ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
11
Radical
欠 (76, 7 residual)
Unicode
U+6B38

Parts that make up 欸

  • 矣 어조사 의 화살이 날아가 멎은 모양‘의·애’ 계열의 소리
  • 欠 하품 흠, 하픔할 감 입을 벌린 채 꿇어앉은 사람입을 벌려 하는 일, 숨과 하품

How 欸 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 欸 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 矣, 欠.

Other hanja read “애”

Other hanja with radical 欠

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