乞

Translingual

Han character

乞 (radical 5 乙+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 人弓 (ON), four-corner 8071₇, composition ⿱𠂉乙)

1. beg
2. request

Derived characters

• 吃

Related characters

• 乾 (current form related, etymologically distinct)

References

• KangXi: page 84, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 170
• Dae Jaweon: page 170, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 50, character 7
• Unihan data for U+4E5E

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Cantonese

Hanzi

乞 (Yale hat1)

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Japanese

Kanji

乞 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. beg
2. invite
3. ask

Readings

• On: き (ki), きけ (kike)
• Go'on: こつ (kotsu), こち (kochi)
• Kan'on: きつ (kitsu)
• Kun: こう (kou), こい (koi)

References

JIS: 3870 Kuten: 2480 Shift JIS: 8CEE EUC-JP: B8F0 Frequency: 2478 Nelson: 262

New Nelson: 59 Halpern: 1961 Halpern Learners: not listed Heisig: 462 Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 0a3.4

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

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Korean

Hanja

乞
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 걸 (revised: geol, McCune-Reischauer: kŏl)

• Name (hangeul): 빌 (revised: bil, McCune-Reischauer: pil)

Compounds

• 乞神 (걸신, geolsin) hungry ghost

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 乞

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Mandarin

Hanzi

乞 (pinyin qǐ (qi3), Wade-Giles ch'i³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

乞 (khất, khắt, gật)

References

• Nom Foundation