Components

哉 means '(exclamation)'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 1774   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-2    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 0 words   Used in 10 words   Used in 685 names   Not used as a component
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
On
   サイ
Name
   や
Kun    かな   や
Name    か   すけ   とし   ちか   はじめ
⿹  𢦏 ten spears   mouth  
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哉 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 哉 is used 10 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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サイ : 3 words FIND ALL
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noun
joy; exultation
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サイ (read as ざい) : 2 words FIND ALL
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interjection (kandoushi)
1. Well done!; Bravo!
noun
2. zenzai; red bean soup made with Azuki beans (style varies according to region)
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かな : 4 words FIND ALL
particle
how!; what!; alas!  (archaic; often written with kana only)
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や : 1 word FIND ALL
expression
I wonder if ...  (archaic)
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An additional サイ less common words include 哉 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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サイ    exclamation; what!   
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ten spears
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
tasseled spear
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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