Chinese symbol for “miserably”
可哀
kě āi
miserably
The closest CC-CEDICT match for miserably is 可哀 (kě āi), defined as: miserably.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 可哀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can; may |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen); possible |
| 可是 | kě shì | but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed |
| 不可 | bù kě | cannot; should not; must not |
| 可怕 | kě pà | awful; dreadful |
| 可爱 (可愛) | kě ài | adorable; cute |
| 悲哀 | bēi āi | grieved; sorrowful |
| 哀悼 | āi dào | to grieve over sb's death; to lament sb's death |
See also: Japanese symbol for “miserably”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.