哀

Ai1
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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]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

口 mouth is the picture part and 衣 yī supplies the sound. The first meaning was 'sorrowful,' which grew into grief, grieving, and lamenting.

Drawn as: mouth

哀 as a component in other characters

sound1 character
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Same Characters, Different Readings

哀āi
sorrow, grief, pity, to grieve for

Homophones

埃Ai1
abbr. for Egypt 埃及[Ai1 ji2]

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