# 哎 U+54CE CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54CE

A Chinese character meaning “interjection of surprise”, read āi in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `哎` |
| Codepoint | U+54CE |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54CE |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `哎` `哎` |
| CSS | `\54CE` |
| JavaScript | `\u54CE` |
| UTF-8 | E5 93 8E |
| UTF-16 | 54CE |
| Definition | interjection of surprise |
| Mandarin | āi |
| Cantonese | aai1 |
| Japanese | GAI |
| Korean | AY |

## Related characters

- 响 [U+54CD CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54CD](https://unicodekit.com/char/54CD)
- 哏 [U+54CF CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54CF](https://unicodekit.com/char/54CF)
- 哌 [U+54CC CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54CC](https://unicodekit.com/char/54CC)
- 哐 [U+54D0 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54D0](https://unicodekit.com/char/54D0)
- 哋 [U+54CB CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54CB](https://unicodekit.com/char/54CB)
- 哑 [U+54D1 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54D1](https://unicodekit.com/char/54D1)
- 哊 [U+54CA CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54CA](https://unicodekit.com/char/54CA)
- 哒 [U+54D2 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54D2](https://unicodekit.com/char/54D2)
- 哉 [U+54C9 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54C9](https://unicodekit.com/char/54C9)
- 哓 [U+54D3 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54D3](https://unicodekit.com/char/54D3)
- 哈 [U+54C8 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54C8](https://unicodekit.com/char/54C8)
- 哔 [U+54D4 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-54D4](https://unicodekit.com/char/54D4)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/54CE · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/54CE