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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
- 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]
- (bound form) sorrow; grief; pity
- (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 16,597 12,215 7,185

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Mouth

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
悲哀 6 7 5,214 6,904 3,091
哀悼 - - 7,616 17,543 14,259
哀伤 - - 14,692 20,588 10,580
- - 16,597 12,215 7,185
哀求 - 8 16,791 21,861 22,594
默哀 - - 18,882 23,109 11,750
致哀 - - 29,723 57,874 36,265
哀号 - - 30,202 50,550 54,466
喜怒哀乐 - 9 33,288 19,225 8,926
哀嚎 - - 35,558 47,510 31,341
哀思 - - 35,589 43,164 46,399
哀怨 - - 38,684 28,805 15,942
哀叹 - - 43,914 31,946 19,537
哀愁 - - 45,805 37,322 18,423
哀痛 - - 45,857 57,005 42,981
哀鸣 - - 49,598 52,441 40,564
莫里哀 - - 51,516 - -
哀泣 - - 54,235 - -
哀怜 - - 73,251 102,167 81,825
哀乐 - - 78,171 47,735 41,593
哀婉 - - 78,736 70,626 50,220
哀歌 - - 79,287 - 69,299