哉
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(exclamatory or interrogative particle)
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 口 +6
- Structure
- Upper-right enclosure 右上包
- Traditional
- 哉
- Common rank
- #3,394
- Unicode
- U+54C9
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 哉
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 圣哉经 | Sanctus (section of Catholic mass) | |
| 幸甚至哉 | filled with joy (quotation from poems by Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1]) | |
| 优哉游哉 | see 悠哉悠哉[you1 zai1 you1 zai1] | |
| 善哉 | excellent | |
| 呜呼哀哉 | alas; all is lost | |
| 悠哉游哉 | see 悠哉悠哉[you1 zai1 you1 zai1] | |
| 悠哉 | see 悠哉悠哉[you1 zai1 you1 zai1] | |
| 悠哉悠哉 | free and unconstrained (idiom); leisurely and carefree |
Sound family
These characters use 哉 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哉 sound part | final exclamatory particle | |
| 载 | load; to carry, to convey, to transport |