哉
(exclamatory or interrogative particle)
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,394 U+54C9
How 哉 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
mouth
Characters built with 哉 as their sound component
These characters all use 哉 (zāi) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哉 sound component | zāi | final exclamatory particle |
| 载 | zǎi | load; to carry, to convey, to transport |
Words containing 哉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 圣哉经 | shèng zāi jīng | Sanctus (section of Catholic mass) |
| 幸甚至哉 | xìng shèn zhì zāi | filled with joy (quotation from poems by Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1]) |
| 优哉游哉 | yōu zāi yóu zāi | see 悠哉悠哉[you1 zai1 you1 zai1] |
| 善哉 | shàn zāi | excellent |
| 呜呼哀哉 | wū hū āi zāi | alas; all is lost |
| 悠哉游哉 | yōu zāi yóu zāi | see 悠哉悠哉[you1 zai1 you1 zai1] |
| 悠哉 | yōu zāi | see 悠哉悠哉[you1 zai1 you1 zai1] |
| 悠哉悠哉 | yōu zāi yōu zāi | free and unconstrained (idiom); leisurely and carefree |