| 哉 | |||
| final exclamatory particle | |||
| Radical | 口 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 6 | Total Strokes | 9 |
| Mandarin reading | zaī | Cantonese reading | zoi1 |
| Japanese on reading | sai | Japanese kun reading | kana ya |
| Korean reading | cay | Vietnamese reading | tai |
| 哉 | |||
| final exclamatory particle | |||
| Radical | 口 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 6 | Total Strokes | 9 |
| Mandarin reading | zaī | Cantonese reading | zoi1 |
| Japanese on reading | sai | Japanese kun reading | kana ya |
| Korean reading | cay | Vietnamese reading | tai |
| 哉 | [ zaī ] (exclamatory or interrogative particle) |
| ⇒ 優哉遊哉 | [ yoū zaī yoú zaī ] see 悠哉悠哉[you1 zai1 you1 zai1] |
| ⇒ 優哉遊哉 | [ yoū zaī yoú zaī ] see 悠哉悠哉[you1 zai1 you1 zai1] |
| ⇒ 善哉 | [ shàn zaī ] excellent |
| ⇒ 嗚呼哀哉 | [ wū hū aī zaī ] alas, all is lost |
| ⇒ 幸甚至哉 | [ xìng shèn zhì zaī ] filled with joy (quotation from poems by Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1]) |
| ⇒ 悠哉 | [ yoū zaī ] see 悠哉悠哉[you1 zai1 you1 zai1] |
| ⇒ 悠哉悠哉 | [ yoū zaī yoū zaī ] free and unconstrained (idiom), leisurely and carefree |
| ⇒ 悠哉悠哉 | [ yoū zaī yoū zaī ] free and unconstrained (idiom), leisurely and carefree |
| ⇒ 悠哉遊哉 | [ yoū zaī yoú zaī ] see 悠哉悠哉[you1 zai1 you1 zai1] |
| ⇒ 悠哉遊哉 | [ yoū zaī yoú zaī ] see 悠哉悠哉[you1 zai1 you1 zai1] |
| ⇒ 聖哉經 | [ shèng zaī jīng ] Sanctus (section of Catholic mass) |