Chinese mnemonics and annotator
Imjagpul (legacy data - reimport)
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哀 āi sorrow
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She puts her mouth inside a clothing - and starts to weep. "Why such a sorrow?" "The clothing reminds me of the giant that got killed by iodine." |
Compositions
Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles
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Ai is composed of 衣 i clothes with 口 k'ou mouth inserted in the middle as radical. This is a common arrangement. Eitel wrongly renders by "grief." |
Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)
哀
āi
sorrow/grief/pity/to grieve for/to pity/to lament/to condole/Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘[Li2]
Phrases ending with the given character
莫mò
里lǐ
哀āi
Molière (1622-1673), French playwright and actor, master of comedy