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Meaning of 哉

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Pinyin: zāi
English Definition: (exclamatory or interrogative particle)
Chinese Definition:
①文言语气助词(a。表疑问或反诘,相当于“吗”,“呢”,如“何哉?”“有何难哉?”b。表感叹,相当于“啊”,如“快哉!”)。
②古同“才”,开始。
Total strokes: 9; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (mouth) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Surround from upper right
    • [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
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Example Sentences
1
For investors, that's a big "if."
2
Big question. I hope I have time to answer it.
3
Mencius replied, 'The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it.
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When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he exclaimed, "Ah, Sovereign LORD!
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Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they mourned over him and said, 'Oh, my brother!'