# 哀歌
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): āigē
    (Zhuyin): ㄞ ㄍㄜ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): oi$^1$ go$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ôi-kô
* Eastern Min (BUC): ăi-gŏ̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ai-ko
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ai$^1$ go$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: āigē
*** Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄍㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: aige
*** Wade–Giles: ai$^1$-ko$^1$
*** Yale: āi-gē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aige
*** Palladius: айгэ (ajgɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: oi$^1$ go$^1$
*** Yale: ōi gō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: oi$^1$ go$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: oi$^1$ go$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɔːi̯⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ôi-kô
*** Hakka Romanization System: oi$^ˊ$ go$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: oi$^1$ go$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /oi̯²⁴⁻¹¹ ko²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ăi-gŏ̤
*** Sinological IPA : /ai⁵⁵ $^{(k-)}$o⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai-ko
*** Tâi-lô: ai-ko
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ai'koy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ai⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ai³³ ko³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ai⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ai⁴⁴⁻³³ ko⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ai⁴⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ai$^1$ go$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ai ko
*** Sinological IPA : /ai³³⁻²³ ko³³/
* Middle Chinese: 'oj ka
Rime :
| Character | 哀 | 歌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 咍 (41) | 歌 (94) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 烏開切 | 古俄切 |
| Baxter | 'oj | ka |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔʌi/ | /kɑ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔəi/ | /kɑ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔɒi/ | /kɑ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔəj/ | /ka/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔᴀi/ | /kɑ/ |
| Wang Li | /ɒi/ | /kɑ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔɑ̆i/ | /kɑ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | āi | gē |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | oi$^1$ | go$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔˤəj [k]ˤaj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qɯːl kaːl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 哀 | 歌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | āi | gē |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ʔoj › | ‹ ka › |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔˁəj/ | /*[k]ˁaj/ |
| English | to pity; sad | sing, song |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 哀 | 歌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 14835 | 7438 |
| Phonetic component | 衣 | 可 |
| Rime group | 微 | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 哀 | 歌 |
| Old Chinese | /*qɯːl/ | /*kaːl/ |

### Noun

哀歌
* mournful song; elegy

#### Derived terms

* 耶利米哀歌 (Yēlìmǐ Āigē)

### Verb

哀歌
* (literary) to sing sadly
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
    Dú xián āigē, yǐ mài míngshēng yú tiānxià zhě hū! [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Derived terms

* 獨弦哀歌／独弦哀歌

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 哀 | 歌 |
| あい Grade: S | か Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) あいか [áꜜìkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [a̠ika̠]

### Noun

哀(あい)歌(か) • (aika)
* elegy

#### Synonyms

* エレジー (erejī)

### Proper noun

哀(あい)歌(か) • (Aika)
* (biblical) Book of Lamentations

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 哀 | 歌 |

### Noun

哀歌 • (aega) (hangeul 애가)
* hanja form of 애가 (“mournful song, elegy”)