欸

See also: 唉

欸	U+6B38, 欸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B38

← 欷
[U+6B37]

CJK Unified Ideographs

欹 →
[U+6B39]

Translingual

Han character

欸 (radical 76, 欠+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 戈大弓人 (IKNO), four-corner 2748₂, composition ⿰矣欠)

a sigh
an exclamatory sound

References

KangXi: page 568, character 7
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16090
Dae Jaweon: page 956, character 19
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2140, character 11
Unihan data for U+6B38

Chinese

simp. and trad.		欸
variant forms		唉誒

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (矣) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
唉	qʰlɯː, qɯː, qrɯː, qrɯːʔ
埃	*qlɯː
欸	qɯː, qʰrɯːs
娭	qɯː, qʰlɯ
挨	qlɯːʔ, qrɯː, *qrɯːʔ
騃	ŋrɯːʔ, sɢrɯʔ
俟	sɢrɯʔ, ɡlɯl
竢	*sɢrɯʔ
涘	*sɢrɯʔ
誒	*qʰlɯ
矣	*ɢlɯʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āi, ǎi, ēi, éi, ěi, èi (ai¹, ai³, ei¹, ei², ei³, ei⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄞ, ㄞˇ, ㄟ, ㄟˊ, ㄟˇ, ㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aai², ei⁶, oi¹
Min Nan (POJ): i / ò

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: āi
  - Zhuyin: ㄞ
  - Wade–Giles: ai¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ai
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ǎi
  - Zhuyin: ㄞˇ
  - Wade–Giles: ai³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ae
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄟ
  - Wade–Giles: ei¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ei
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀeɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: éi
  - Zhuyin: ㄟˊ
  - Wade–Giles: ei²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eir
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀeɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄟˇ
  - Wade–Giles: ei³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eei
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀeɪ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: aai², ei⁶, oi¹
  - Yale: áai, eih, ōi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aai², ei⁶, oi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ai², éi⁶, oi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /aːi̯³⁵/, /ei̯²²/, /ɔːi̯⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i / ò
  - Tâi-lô: i / ò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: y, oix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /i⁴⁴/, /o²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /i³³/, /o⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁴⁴/, /o²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /i⁴⁴/, /o¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴⁴/, /ɤ²¹/

Middle Chinese: /ʔʌi/, /ʔʌi^X/, /hˠɛi^H/▼

Rime
Character	欸	欸	欸
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	影 (34)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	咍 (41)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	II
Fanqie	烏開切	於改切	許介切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔʌi/	/ʔʌi^X/	/hˠɛi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔəi/	/ʔəi^X/	/hᵚæi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɒi/	/ʔɒi^X/	/xɐi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəj/	/ʔəj^X/	/həɨj^H/
Li Rong	/ʔᴀi/	/ʔᴀi^X/	/xɛi^H/
Wang Li	/ɒi/	/ɒi^X/	/xɐi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔɑ̆i/	/ʔɑ̆i^X/	/xăi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	āi	ǎi	xiè

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*qɯː/, /*qʰrɯːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	欸	欸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14935	14943
Phonetic component	矣	矣
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	哀	譮
Old Chinese	/*qɯː/	/*qʰrɯːs/
Notes		怒聲同譮

Definitions

欸

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Compounds

欸乃 (ǎinǎi)

欸乃曲

Japanese

Kanji

欸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): あい (ai); かい (kai)
Kun: なげく (nageku)

Korean

Hanja

欸 (eum 애 (ae))

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Vietnamese

Han character

欸: Hán Nôm readings: ái

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References

Nom Foundation

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