哉 — Chinese character
哉
zāi
final exclamatory particle
- Pinyin
- zāi
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 口
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口
- Japanese
- 哉 as a kanji
Common words with 哉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 善哉 | shàn zāi | excellent |
| 悠哉 | yōu zāi | see 悠哉悠哉 (yōu zāi yōu zāi) |
| 优哉游哉 (優哉遊哉) | yōu zāi yóu zāi | see 悠哉悠哉 (yōu zāi yōu zāi) |
| 悠哉悠哉 | yōu zāi yōu zāi | free and unconstrained (idiom); leisurely and carefree |
| 呜呼哀哉 (嗚呼哀哉) | wū hū āi zāi | alas; all is lost |
| 悠哉游哉 (悠哉遊哉) | yōu zāi yóu zāi | see 悠哉悠哉 (yōu zāi yōu zāi) |
| 幸甚至哉 | xìng shèn zhì zāi | filled with joy (quotation from poems by Cao Cao 曹操 (Cáo Cāo)) |
| 圣哉经 (聖哉經) | shèng zāi jīng | Sanctus (section of Catholic mass) |
哉 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 7 · Analects 61 · Art of War 3 · Mencius 101 · Zhuangzi 144 · Great Learning 2 · Doctrine of the Mean 6
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 20
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 21
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 22
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 53
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 54
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 57
- Analects 2.10
- Analects 2.22
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