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欸 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「欠」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「欠」
On
アイ・カイあい・かい · ai · kai
Kun
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Meaning
an exclamation

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

欠 "open mouth" with 艾 as phonetic: a cry, or an answering call.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 欸ああ

    ah; an exclamation

  • 欸乃あいない

    a boatman's call

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

欸と応(おう)じて舟(ふね)を寄(よ)せた。

He called back and brought the boat in.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

欸乃欸乃thereu…欷to sob欹to pri…歃to sip歇to cea…歉insuff…乂to mow夬to dec…丐to beg艾mugwor…价messen…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 欠Map of reading アイAll maps

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