哀
(bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,260 U+54C0
How 哀 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 衣 (phonetic, yī)
How to remember it
grief · Heisig RSH #403
top hat and scarf + 口 mouth
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 衣
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 衣 (yī) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 衣 sound component | yī | cloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat |
| 依 | yī | to rely on; to consent, to obey; according to |
| 袭 | xí | to attack, to raid; to inherit |
| 裔 | yì | progeny, descendants |
| 铱 | yī | iridium |
Words containing 哀
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哀莫大于心死 | āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ | nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhua… |
| 哀而不伤 | āi ér bù shāng | deeply felt but not mawkish (idiom) |
| 节哀顺变 | jié āi shùn biàn | (idiom) restrain one's grief and accept what has happened (expression of condolence) |
| 生荣死哀 | shēng róng sǐ āi | to be respected in life and lamented in death (idiom) |
| 哀子 | āi zǐ | son orphaned of his mother |
| 哀家 | āi jiā | I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas) |
| 哀平 | Āi Píng | joint name for the Han dynasty emperors Aidi (reigned 7-1 BC) and Pingdi (reigned 1 BC - 6… |
| 苦苦哀求 | kǔ kǔ āi qiú | to entreat piteously; to implore |
| 可哀 | kě āi | miserably |
| 耶利米哀歌 | Yē lì mǐ āi gē | the Lamentations of Jeremiah |
| 莫里哀 | Mò lǐ āi | Molière (1622-1673), French playwright and actor, master of comedy |
| 哀乐 | āi yuè | funeral music; plaint; dirge |
| 节哀 | jié āi | to restrain one's grief (used in expressions of condolence, e.g. 請節哀|请节哀[qing3 jie2 ai1] a… |
| 哀号 | āi háo | to wail; to cry piteously (variant of 哀嚎[ai1 hao2]) |
| 哀词 | āi cí | variant of 哀辭|哀辞[ai1 ci2] |
| 哀的美敦书 | āi dì měi dūn shū | (loanword) (old) ultimatum |
| 哀失 | āi shī | bereavement |
| 喜怒哀乐 | xǐ nù āi lè | (lit.) happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy (idiom); (fig.) emotions |
| 孤哀子 | gū āi zǐ | (literary) orphan |
| 哀告宾服 | āi gào bīn fú | to bring tribute as sign of submission (idiom); to submit |