Memory phrase for the character: 哉

哉

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Meaning (exclamatory or interrogative particle)

Pronunciation

zāi

Explanation

Here, see top&right as variant of military 戎 (= with the ten 十 [men] at the halberds 戈), below: mouth 口

Mnemonic
 
At the military, out of the mouths 口 comes a cry of exclamation. - Or: "An old 古 halberd 戈!", was what he exclaimed.)

Radicals

古 ancient, old, formerOriginally derived from the picture of a skull, hence "old". But the idea of a burial mound is also helpful.
戎 militaryThe ten 十 (persons) at the halberd 戈 form the military.
戈 halberd
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 Vocabulary

呜呼哀哉 wū hū āi zāi  alas; all is lost
圣哉经 shèng zāi jīng  Sanctus (section of Catholic mass)
圣哉经 shèng zāi jīng  
圣哉经 shèng zāi jīng  
悠哉悠哉 yōu zāi yōu zāi  free and unconstrained (idiom); leisurely and carefree
悠哉悠哉 yōu zāi yōu zāi  free and unconstrained (idiom); leisurely and carefree
悠哉悠哉 yōu zāi yōu zāi  

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