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suffer

HSK 6
āi
アイ
ひら.く
Components
Meaning component
shou hand (side)
hand
hand
Phonetic component
particle of completed
particle of completed action
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[āi]
in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to
[ái]
to suffer; to endure; to pull through (hard times); to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle
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