Translingual

Han character

咦 (radical 30 口+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 口大弓 (RKN), four-corner 6503₂, composition ⿰口夷)

1. exclamation of surprise

References

• KangXi: page 186, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3535
• Dae Jaweon: page 405, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 614, character 1
• Unihan data for U+54A6

Chinese

Pronunciation

Definitions

咦

1. Used by itself to express confusion.

   咦，我的鑰匙呢？ / 咦，我的钥匙呢？  ―  Yí, wǒ de yàoshi ne?  ―  Huh? Where is my key?

   咦，他怎麼在這兒？ / 咦，他怎么在这儿？  ―  Yí, tā zěnme zài zhèr?  ―  Uh, why is he here?

Usage notes

咦 expresses a relatively neutral feeling.

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: い (i), き (ki), たい (tai), だい (dai)
• Kun: といき (toiki)

Korean

Hanja

咦 • ‎(i, jae) (hangeul 이, 재, revised i, jae, McCune-Reischauer i, chae)

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