哀 — Chinese character

哀

āi

sad, mournful, pitiful; to pity; to grieve

Pinyin: āi
Radical: 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
Strokes: 9
Components: 衣口
Formation: pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 衣
Japanese: 哀 as a kanji

Common words with 哀

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
悲哀	bēi āi	grieved; sorrowful
哀悼	āi dào	to grieve over sb's death; to lament sb's death
哀伤 (哀傷)	āi shāng	grief; distress; bereavement; grieved; heartbroken; dejected
哀求	āi qiú	to entreat; to implore
默哀	mò āi	to observe a moment of silence in tribute
致哀	zhì āi	to express grief; to mourn
哀嚎	āi háo	to wail; to cry piteously; (of a wild animal) to howl
喜怒哀乐 (喜怒哀樂)	xǐ nù āi lè	(lit.) happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy (idiom); (fig.) emotions
哀叹 (哀嘆)	āi tàn	to sigh; to lament
哀愁	āi chóu	sorrow; sadness; distressed; sorrowful
哀乐 (哀樂)	āi yuè	funeral music; plaint
哀痛	āi tòng	to grieve; to mourn; deep sorrow; grief

English words written with 哀

哀 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 2 · Analects 12 · Mencius 6 · Zhuangzi 36 · Great Learning 1 · Doctrine of the Mean 2

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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