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哀
āi
1. sorrow
2. grief
3. pity
4. to grieve for
5. to pity
6. to lament
7. to condole
Common • Top 7% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

哀
āi
sad, mournful, pitiful; to pity; to grieve
HSK 6 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

哀鸣
āimíng
plaintive whine
哀词
āicí
variant of [[哀辭|哀辞<āicí>]]
哀辞
āicí
dirge
哀告
āigào
to beg piteously
哀伤
āishāng
grief
哀哭
āikū
to weep in sorrow
悲哀
bēiāi
grieved
HSK 6
凄哀
qīāi
desolate
哀启
āiqǐ
obituary (archaic term)
腹哀
fùāi
Abdominal Lament
致哀
zhìāi
to express grief
哀叹
āitàn
to sigh
哀嚎
āiháo
to howl in grief
哀失
āishī
bereavement
哀婉
āiwǎn
melancholy
哀子
āizǐ
son orphaned of his mother
哀家
āijiā
I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas)
哀思
āisī
grief-stricken thoughts
哀怨
āiyuàn
grief
哀悼
āidào
to grieve over sb's death

Alternate Entries

哀
Āi
Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors [[炎帝<Yándì>]] descended from Shennong [[神農|神农<Shénnóng>]] Farmer God, also known as Li [[釐|厘<Lí>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,750
Word Frequency Rank
5,500 of 84,292