interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!) / to sigh

= + : Albert Einstein (Ø) made it to the finals of the TV show (矣) and faces his last challenge in front of the airplane (ai1). There he finds three mandarins (口) floating around each other, and his task is to give an analytical solution to their movements. Albert can only sigh (唉) upon hearing about his impossible task.
alas / oh dear

唉 character breakdown

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: the finals of a TV show.

Maud Younger (y) made it to the finals of a TV show (矣) and is facing her last challenge in the space station (Ø3). With a fake nose (厶) covering her face she'll have to smell different darts (矢) and guess which dart player had it in his or her hands last.

Characters with 唉 as component

唉 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 唉

sighing voice, wailing breath (idiom) / to heave deep sighs / to sigh in despair
granny (dialect)
(onom.) sighing voice / crying sound

Sentences with 唉

唉 currently does not appear in any sentence.