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U+6B38

Seal script

Alternate form
Semantic variant
Specialized semantic variant

Radical:+ 7 strokes = 11 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.99#9 p.274#41 p.385#22 Kangxi: p.568#07 Cihai: p.729r5c02 GSR: 938.d Hanyu: v3,p2140#11
Composition:Left: , right: .
Mandarin:ǎi āi ēi èi ㄞˇ ㄟˋ
Cantonese:aai2 ei6 oi1
Tang reconstruction:qə̌i
Shuowen:欠部》欸:訾也。从欠矣声。
Guangyun:广韵·上平声··》欸:叹也。
广韵·上声··》欸:相然譍也。于改切,四。
广韵·去声··》譮:怒声。许介切,九。
广韵·去声··》欸:上同。
Kangxi:康熙字典·欠部·》欸:《唐韵》乌开切《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》于开切,𠀤音哀。《说文》訾也。一曰然也。《扬子·方言》欸,𧫦然也。南楚凡言然者,或曰欸,或曰𧫦。又叹声。《陈芳·芸窻私志》今人暴见事之不然者,必出声曰欸,乌开切,乃叹声也。《楚辞·九章》欸秋冬之绪风。《王逸曰》欸,叹也。又《集韵》于其切,音医。相然应也。或作唉。又《广韵》于改切《集韵》《韵会》倚亥切,𠀤哀上声。义同。又欸乃,湖中节歌声。唐元结有《欸乃曲》,从依亥切。或音袄者,非。《韵会》按《说文》欸字原无袄音。又按《项氏家训》曰:《刘蜕文集》中有《湖中霭廼曲》,《刘言史·潇湘诗》有闲歌暧廼深峡里,元次山有《湖南欸乃歌》,三者皆一事,但用字异耳。欸本音哀,亦作上声读,后人因《柳子厚集》中有注字云一本作袄霭。遂欲音欸爲袄,音乃爲霭,不知彼注自谓别本作袄霭,非谓欸乃当音袄霭也。又《广韵》《集韵》𠀤许介切,音譮。怒声。《扬子·渊骞篇》始皇方猎六国而翦牙欸。《注》言王翦助秦之恶。牙欸,言切齿而怒也。又《集韵》乙界切,音餲。义同。
Fanqie:乌开 (《广韵·上平声··》) 于改 (《广韵·上声··》) 许介 (《广韵·去声··》)
Unihan definition:sigh; an exclamatory sound

Example usage

扬子法言》:曰:“始皇方猎六国,而翦牙!”
Yangzi said: Qin Shi Huang hunted the six kingdoms and Wang Jian was his teeth!
楚辞·涉江》:乘鄂渚而反顾兮,秋冬之绪风。
说文解字·欠部》::訾也。
方言·第十》:、𧫦,然也。
广韵·》::叹也。
太平御览·历代乐》:梯山盛入,驾海亦耒思。
全唐诗》:谁知白屋士,念此翻
康熙字典·风部》:楚辞·九章》乗鄂渚而反顾兮,秋冬之绪风。
海国图志·卷十三》:至于夕阳在山,渔人返棹,行歌互答,乃相闻,有似楚江音节。
清史稿·志八十七》:...例,帝虑正途因之壅滞,饬妥议条
绣云阁·第三十七回》:丫结手向空招,舟人乃一声,打桨立至。
冷斋夜话·卷五》:烟消日出不见人,下乃音奥蔼一声山水绿。
晚晴簃诗汇·卷九十二》:乃声何处,行知近逝川。
闽都记》:青天万里云飞尽,乃声中片月明。」
潘黄门集》:尔乃阶长乐,登未央,泛太液,凌建章;萦馺娑而骀烫,轥枍诣而轹承光;徘徊桂宫,惆怅柏梁。
骚略·卷一》:切慕其趣,乐其高,为之歌,曰《乃辞》。
陈检讨四六·卷二》:樵琮琤而出谷,渔乃以扬舲。
宋百家诗存·卷三十七》:归来晒网斜阳外,乃数声烟树秋。
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