Definitions
(interjection) hey!; Taiwan pr. [tai]
(dialect) non-local in one's speaking accent
Etymology phono-semantic
Phonetic:
太
About
The character 呔 serves as an interjection to shout or demand attention, and its structure combines the mouth radical 口 with the component 太, implying a vocal nature with some phonetic association. Etymologically, it was created to represent an exclamatory sound, and it entered written use relatively late without significant earlier forms. The character's meaning has remained consistently tied to abrupt vocalizations, primarily in spoken and dialectal usage.