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