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Kanji Detail for 哉 - "question particle, exclamation, beginning"
哉
- Meaning
哉 means "question particle, exclamation, beginning."
Question particle - Expressing doubt or rhetorical question.
Exclamation - Expressing wonder or emotion.
Beginning - The start; commencement.
To begin - To start for the first time.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
how; what; alas; question mark; exclamation mark
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
final exclamatory particle
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(exclamatory or interrogative particle)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
final exclamatory particle
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A sentence-final particle. | Anciently had the meaning of "beginning." On the third day of the lunar month, 哉生明 means the moon begins to brighten.
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