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āi
  1. 1.(bound form) sorrow; grief; pity
  2. 2.(bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole
Āi
  1. 1.Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yán dì] descended from Shennong 神农[Shén nóng] Farmer God, also known as Li 厘[Lí]

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  1. 1.to pity; to sympathize
  2. 2.to lament; to mourn
  3. 3.sad; mournful; pitiful; sorrowful
  4. 4.grief; sorrow
  5. 5.orphaned of one's mother due to her passing
  6. 6.a surname
  7. 7.this; these
  8. 8.mother

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *qɯːl): phonetic 衣 (OC *qɯl, *qɯls) + semantic 口 (“mouth”). Probably sound-symbolic (Schuessler, 2007).

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