U+5509 "唉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+5509 "唉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as an interjection, commonly used to express a range of emotions such as sighing, regret, frustration, or gentle agreement, depending on context and tone. It is formed with the mouth radical on the left and the phonetic component "矣" on the right, and its pronunciation varies between "āi" for a sigh or exclamation and "ài" for a response of acknowledgment or displeasure in Mandarin. In written and spoken Chinese, "唉" often appears in dialogue to convey a speaker's emotional state, making it a versatile and frequently used character in both classical and modern texts.
General Properties
Code Point
U+5509
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
唉
HTML Hex Encoding
唉
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE5 0x94 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding
0x5509
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00005509
C/C++/Java Escape
\u5509
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
ADFC
kCCCII
213642
kCNS1986
1-545F
kCNS1992
1-545F
kCangjie
RIOK
kCantonese
aai1
kCihaiT
276.405
kCowles
32
kDaeJaweon
0411.120
kDefinition
alas, exclamation of surprise or pain
kEACC
213642
kFanqie
烏開 於駭
kFenn
477F
kFennIndex
1.08 2.04
kFourCornerCode
6303.4
kGB0
1606
kGB1
1606
kGradeLevel
4
kGSR
0938a
kHangul
애:1N
kHanYu
10635.060
kHanyuPinyin
10635.060:āi,ǎi,ài
kHKGlyph
0592
kIICore
AGTHM
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10635.060
kIRG_GSource
G0-3026
kIRG_HSource
HB1-ADFC
kIRG_JSource
J14-237E
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-39E2
kIRG_KSource
K1-6655
kIRG_TSource
T1-545F
kIRG_VSource
V0-3158
kJapanese
アイ キ カイ イ あくび おくび ああ
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:1916
kJIS0213
2,03,94
kJapaneseKun
AA AAOO IYAIYAKOTAERU
kJapaneseOn
KAI KI AI I
kJis1
2141
kKangXi
0192.040
kKarlgren
183
kKorean
AY
kMainlandTelegraph
0780
kMandarin
āi
kMatthews
4
kMeyerWempe
25 2143
kMojiJoho
MJ008317
kMorohashi
03701
kPhonetic
1549A
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17366+30.3.7
kRSUnicode
30.7
kSBGY
099.07 271.36
kSemanticVariant
U+6B38<kFenn
kSMSZD2003Index
104.10
kSMSZD2003Readings
āi粵aai1 ài粵aai3
kSpecializedSemanticVariant
U+6B38<kMeyerWempe
kTaiwanTelegraph
0780
kTGHZ2013
002.010:āi 002.140:ài
kTotalStrokes
10
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kVietnamese
hãy
kXerox
247:062
kXHC1983
0003.050:āi 0004.100:ài