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Usage of the character 哉

zāi
[哉]
  • (exclamatory or interrogative particle)
shànzāi
善哉
[善哉]
  • excellent
yōuzāi
悠哉
[悠哉]
  • see 悠哉悠哉 (yōuzāiyōuzāi)
shèngzāijīng
圣哉经
[聖哉經]
  • Sanctus (section of Catholic mass)
yōuzāiyōuzāi
悠哉悠哉
[悠哉悠哉]
  • free and unconstrained (idiom)
  • leisurely and carefree
wūhū'āizāi
呜呼哀哉
[嗚呼哀哉]
  • alas
  • all is lost
xìngshènzhìzāi
幸甚至哉
[幸甚至哉]
  • filled with joy (quotation from poems by Cao Cao 曹操 ( Cáo Cāo))
yōuzāiyóuzāi
优哉游哉
[優哉遊哉]
  • see 悠哉悠哉 (yōuzāiyōuzāi)
yōuzāiyóuzāi
悠哉游哉
[悠哉遊哉]
  • see 悠哉悠哉 (yōuzāiyōuzāi)