哉

Information about character(s)

Radical: 口
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 9

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zāi
Cantonese: zoi1
JapaneseKun: KANA YA
JapaneseOn: SAI
Korean: CAY
Vietnamese: tai

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: final exclamatory particle

CE-Dict: (exclamatory or interrogative particle)

English-Chinse-English Dictionary of Buddhist terms (Stardict): (1) Rhetorical question--isn't it so?. (2) An interrogative. (3) A particle expressing surprise, admiration or grief. (4) To begin.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a phrase-final particle expressing surprise, admiration, etc.

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《口部》哉言之閒也。从口𢦔聲。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集上】【口字部】哉
〔古文〕才【唐韻】祖才切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】將來切，𠀤音栽。【說文】言之閒也。【註】《論語》君子哉若人。是爲閒隔之辭也。【爾雅·釋詁】哉，閒也。　又【爾雅·釋詁】哉，始也。【疏】哉者，古文作才。《說文》云才，草木之初也，以聲近，借爲哉始之哉。【書·伊訓】朕哉自亳。又【康誥】惟三月哉生魄。　又【玉篇】語助。【書·堯典】僉曰：於，鯀哉。　又【韻會】柳宗元曰：疑辭也。【書·益稷】禹曰：兪哉。【註】口然而心不然之辭也。　又與材通。【論語】無所取材。【註】古字材哉同。　又音載。【書·武成】哉生明。【釋文】徐音載。　又【詩·大雅】𨻰錫哉周。【傳】哉，載也。【疏】文王能布𨻰大利，以賜子孫。於是又載行周道，致有天下。哉與載古字通。○按《左傳·宣十五年》昭十年引《詩》，哉俱作載。又鄭箋云：哉，始也。與毛傳異。　又叶將其切，音貲。【詩·邶風】已焉哉。天實爲之，謂之何哉。又【王風】君子于役，不知其期曷至哉。　【說文】本作𠳆。又𢦔。

Buddhism words and phrases isn't it so?

CF-Dict: (particule exclamative ou interrogative)

Han-De-Dict: leid (u.E.)