漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
哉: how, what
Also: alas, question mark, exclamation mark
JLPT N19 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
- 𢦏(form)
- 口mouth(meaning)
口 carries the meaning · 𢦏 is drawn in
9 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
サイsai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 快哉かいさいjoy; exultation
- 善哉ぜんざいwell done!; bravo!
- 悦哉えっさいmusket (male Japanese sparrowhawk)
Also read かな, や, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
𢦏
Also built on 𢦏
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side哉 how · 口
vs栽 plantation · 木In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zāi
Same form: 哉 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 哉 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 哉 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zāi most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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