# 唉 U+5509 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5509

A Chinese character meaning “alas, exclamation of surprise or pain”, read āi in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `唉` |
| Codepoint | U+5509 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5509 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `唉` `唉` |
| CSS | `\5509` |
| JavaScript | `\u5509` |
| UTF-8 | E5 94 89 |
| UTF-16 | 5509 |
| Definition | alas, exclamation of surprise or pain |
| Mandarin | āi |
| Cantonese | aai1 |
| Japanese | KAI KI AI I AA AAOO IYAIYAKOTAERU |
| Korean | AY |

## Related characters

- 唈 [U+5508 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5508](https://unicodekit.com/char/5508)
- 唊 [U+550A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-550A](https://unicodekit.com/char/550A)
- 唇 [U+5507 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5507](https://unicodekit.com/char/5507)
- 唋 [U+550B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-550B](https://unicodekit.com/char/550B)
- 唆 [U+5506 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5506](https://unicodekit.com/char/5506)
- 唌 [U+550C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-550C](https://unicodekit.com/char/550C)
- 唅 [U+5505 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5505](https://unicodekit.com/char/5505)
- 唍 [U+550D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-550D](https://unicodekit.com/char/550D)
- 唄 [U+5504 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5504](https://unicodekit.com/char/5504)
- 唎 [U+550E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-550E](https://unicodekit.com/char/550E)
- 唃 [U+5503 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5503](https://unicodekit.com/char/5503)
- 唏 [U+550F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-550F](https://unicodekit.com/char/550F)

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