乞

Translingual

Etymology

Variant of 气, distinguished to indicate a phonetically borrowed meaning "to beg".

Han character

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

1. beg
2. to 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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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		乞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐ (qi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ih³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chii
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hat¹
    • Yale: hāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁷
    • IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (乞, reconstructed)
Character (乞), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 溪 (29) Final: 迄 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 去迄切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kʰɨt̚/	/kʰi̯ət̚/	/kʰiət̚/	/kʰɨt̚/	/kʰɨt̚/	/kʰĭət̚/	/kʰiət̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (乞, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
乞								qǐ								‹ khjɨt ›								/*C.qʰət/								beg, ask
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
乞					10073					乞					隊					1										/*kʰɯds/					氣字注今體，集韻徑作乞（與）
乞					10082					乞					物					1										/*kʰɯd/					氣的轉註字從乞與從氣同

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Japanese

Kanji

乞

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. beg
2. invite
3. ask

Readings

• Goon: こつ (kotsu), こち (kochi)
• Kan’on: きつ (kitsu)
• On (unclassified): き (ki), きけ (kike)
• 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 (geol)
Eumhun:

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

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

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Compounds

• 乞神 (걸신, geolsin) hungry ghost

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 乞

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: khất, khắt, gật

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References

• Nom Foundation