丐

See also: 丏

Translingual

Han character

丐 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一卜女尸 (MYVS), four-corner 1020₇, composition ⿳一⺊㇉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 77, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22
• Dae Jaweon: page 154, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 10, character 6
• Unihan data for U+4E10

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		丐
alternative forms		匄 匃 𠣏 𠣣

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丐
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script
Small seal script s09438
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (丐) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
丐	*kaːds, *kaːd
匄	*kaːds

Corruption of 匄.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 丐

1. ^† to beg for alms
2. ^† to give
3. beggar
4. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

丐

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. beggar
2. beg
3. give

Readings

• Go-on: かい (kai); かち (kachi)
• Kan-on: かい (kai); かつ (katsu)
• Kan’yō-on: がい (gai)
• Kun: こう (kou, 丐う)^{←こふ (kofu, 丐ふ, historical)}; あたえる (ataeru, 丐える)^{←あたへる (ataferu, 丐へる, historical)}

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Korean

Hanja

丐 • (gal, gae) (hangeul 갈, 개, revised gal, gae, McCune–Reischauer kal, kae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

丐 (cái, gái)

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References

• Nom Foundation