哎 — Chinese character
哎
āi
interjection of surprise
- Pinyin
- āi
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 口 艾
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 艾
Common words with 哎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哎呀 | āi yā | interjection of wonder, shock or admiration |
| 哎哟 (哎喲) | āi yō | hey; ow |
| 哎呦 | āi yōu | (interjection of surprise, pain, annoyance etc); Oh my! |
| 哎唷 | āi yō | interjection of pain or surprise; also written 哎喲|哎哟 |
English words written with 哎
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.