乞

乞 U+4E5E, 乞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E5E ← 九 [U+4E5D] CJK Unified Ideographs 也 → [U+4E5F]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 仡, 𠖯, 吃, 圪, 屹, 忔, 扢, 汔, 犵, 阣, 㫓, 杚, 肐, 盵, 矻, 䇄, 籺, 紇(纥), 䎢, 虼, 訖(讫), 趷, 𨊰(䢀), 釳(𨰿), 䩐, 䬣, 𩠓, 亁, 𠄃, 𠄄, 䰴, 麧, 齕(龁), 𠄊, 𠄋
• 迄, 䞘, 𬼲, 刉, 𠠶, 𬼠, 㩿, 𣢆, 𧆦, 𩑔, 𩾥, 𠓟, 𪨣, 䒗, 𭆀, 𭙐, 疙, 𢭖, 𢖴, 䦍, 𩰌, 𩛪, 𠀸

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 84, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 170
• Dae Jaweon: page 170, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 50, character 7
• Unihan data for U+4E5E

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
乞	*kʰɯds, *kʰɯd
盵	*kʰɯds
齕	*ɡɯːd, *ɡuːd
紇	*ɡɯːd, *ɡuːd
籺	*ɡɯːd
圪	*ŋrɯd, *ŋɯd
訖	*kɯd
吃	*kɯd
扢	*kɯd, *kuːd, *ɡuːd
疙	*ŋɯd
屹	*ŋɯd
仡	*ŋɯd, *hŋɯd
迄	*hŋɯd
釳	*hŋɯd
忔	*hŋɯd
汔	*hŋɯd
矻	*kʰuːd
麧	*ɡuːd

Variant of 气 (OC *kʰɯds), distinguished to indicate a phonetically borrowed meaning “to beg”.

The top component of the character is unrelated to 旅, 伤, 复, 每 as well as 人.

Pronunciation 1

simp. and trad.		乞
alternative forms		气 𠧒

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qǐ (qi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qi²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hat¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hat²

• Gan (Wiktionary): qit⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiet / khié / khiat
• Jin (Wiktionary): qieh⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): kĭ
• Eastern Min (BUC): ké̤ṳk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khit

  (Teochew, Peng'im): keg⁴ / kêg⁴ / kig⁴

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁷chiq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³
    • Yale: chǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chii
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: qi²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ki
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hat¹
    • Yale: hāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐt̚⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hat²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hat̚⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: qit⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰit̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiet / khié
    • Hakka Romanization System: kied^ˋ / kie^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiad⁵ / kie³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯et̚²/, /kʰi̯e³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiat
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiad^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯at̚²/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: qieh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰiəʔ²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ké̤ṳk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰøyʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khit
    • Tâi-lô: khit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰit̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: keg⁴ / kêg⁴ / kig⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khṳk / khek / khik
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɯk̚²/, /kʰek̚²/, /kʰik̚²/

Note:

• keg4 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai, Raoping;
• kêg4 - Jieyang;
• kig4 - Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷chiq
    • MiniDict: chih^入
    • MiniDict: chieh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴qiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰiɪʔ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɪʔ⁴³/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁵⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: qi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 乞
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/t͡ɕʰi²¹³/
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕʰi¹³/
	Jinan	/t͡ɕʰi⁴²/
	Qingdao	/t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕʰi²¹/
	Xining	/t͡ɕʰji²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕʰi⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡ɕʰi⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡ɕʰi²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕʰi²¹³/
	Chengdu	/t͡ɕʰi³¹/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕʰi²¹/
	Kunming	/t͡ɕʰi³¹/
	Nanjing	/t͡ɕʰiʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡ɕʰiəʔ²/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕʰiʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡ɕʰiɪʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕʰai²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕʰiʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/kʰo⁵/ /t͡ɕʰi⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡ɕʰiʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian
	Taoyuan	/kʰit̚²²/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hɐt̚⁵/
	Nanning	/hɐt̚⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/hɐt̚⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kʰit̚³²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kʰøyʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/kʰi²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kʰɯk̚²/ /kʰiʔ²/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/xit̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khj+t

Rime
Character	乞
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	迄 (58)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去迄切
Baxter	khj+t
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɨt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɨt̚/
Li Rong	/kʰiət̚/
Wang Li	/kʰĭət̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hat1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qʰət/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰɯd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	乞
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ khjɨt ›
Old Chinese	/*C.qʰət/
English	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	乞
Reading #	2/2
No.	10082
Phonetic component	乞
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kʰɯd/
Notes	氣的轉註字從乞與從氣同

Definitions

乞

1. to beg
2. to request
3. a surname

Compounds

• 乞丐 (qǐgài)
• 乞乞縮縮 / 乞乞缩缩
• 乞人 (qǐrén)
• 乞人憎
• 乞伏
• 乞休
• 乞假 (qǐjià)
• 乞免
• 乞兒 / 乞儿 (qǐ'ér)
• 乞力馬扎羅山 / 乞力马扎罗山
• 乞化
• 乞命
• 乞哀告憐 / 乞哀告怜 (qǐ'āigàolián)
• 乞嗤
• 乞婆 (qǐpó)
• 乞巧 (qǐqiǎo)
• 乞師 / 乞师 (qǐshī)
• 乞憐 / 乞怜 (qǐlián)
• 乞憐搖尾 / 乞怜摇尾
• 乞懇 / 乞恳
• 乞拉朋吉
• 乞援
• 乞期
• 乞求 (qǐqiú)
• 乞活
• 乞漿得酒 / 乞浆得酒
• 乞火
• 乞留乞良
• 乞留惡濫 / 乞留恶滥
• 乞留曲律
• 乞留玎琅
• 乞盟
• 乞窮儉相 / 乞穷俭相
• 乞糖
• 乞討 / 乞讨 (qǐtǎo)
• 乞請 / 乞请
• 乞貸 / 乞贷
• 乞身
• 乞鄰 / 乞邻
• 乞閒 / 乞闲 (qǐxián)
• 乞降 (qǐxiáng)
• 乞靈 / 乞灵
• 乞鞠
• 乞頭 / 乞头
• 乞食 (qǐshí)
• 乞食飯牛 / 乞食饭牛
• 乞養 / 乞养
• 乞骸
• 乞骸骨 (qǐ háigǔ)
• 伏乞
• 千乞
• 向火乞兒 / 向火乞儿
• 容乞
• 寒乞
• 搖尾乞憐 / 摇尾乞怜 (yáowěi qǐlián)
• 啟乞 / 启乞
• 死乞白賴 / 死乞白赖 (sǐqibáilài)
• 求乞 (qiúqǐ)
• 窮腮乞臉 / 穷腮乞脸
• 行乞 (xíngqǐ)
• 討乞 / 讨乞 (tǎoqǐ)

 

Pronunciation 2

simp. and trad.		乞
alternative forms		气 𠧒 去 Hokkien

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qì (qi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³
• Eastern Min (BUC): ké̤ṳk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khit / khì

  (Teochew, Peng'im): keh⁴ / kêh⁴ / kih⁴ / koih⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴
    • Yale: chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chih
    • Palladius: ци (ci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hei³
    • Yale: hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ké̤ṳk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰøyʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khit
    • Tâi-lô: khit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qid
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰit̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì
    • Tâi-lô: khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰi²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: keh⁴ / kêh⁴ / kih⁴ / koih⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khṳh / kheh / khih / khoih
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɯʔ²/, /kʰeʔ²/, /kʰiʔ²/, /kʰoiʔ²/

Note:

• kêh4 - Jieyang;
• kih4 - Chaoyang.

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• Middle Chinese: khj+jH

Rime
Character	乞
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去旣切
Baxter	khj+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɨjH/
Li Rong	/kʰiəiH/
Wang Li	/kʰĭəiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰe̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰɯds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	乞
Reading #	1/2
No.	10073
Phonetic component	乞
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kʰɯds/
Notes	氣字注今體，集韻徑作乞（與）

Definitions

乞

1. (obsolete or Eastern Min, Teochew) to give

   乞汝一把筆 [Eastern Min, trad.]
   乞汝一把笔 [Eastern Min, simp.]

   ké̤ṳk nṳ̄ siŏh bā bék / [kʰøyʔ²⁴ nˡy³³ suoʔ⁵ pa³³ pɛiʔ²⁴] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]

   [someone] gives you a pen

   伊乞我本書／伊乞我本书 [Teochew]  ―  i¹ keh⁴ ua² bung² ze¹ [Peng'im]  ―  he gave me a book

   • 妻自經死，買臣乞其夫錢，令葬。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     妻自经死，买臣乞其夫钱，令葬。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Qī zìjīng sǐ, Mǎichén qì qí fū qián, lìng zàng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (Eastern Min; Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien, Teochew) by

   乞人拍死 [Teochew]  ―  keh⁴ nang⁵ pah⁴ si² [Peng'im]  ―  be beat to death by someone

3. (Eastern Min; Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien, Teochew) Used before a verb to indicate passive voice.

   杯仔乞偷去 [Hokkien]  ―  poe-á khit thau khì [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  the cup has been stolen

4. (Teochew) to let; to allow

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 給 (“to give”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		予, 畀
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		給
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	給
	Taiwan	給
	Malaysia	給
	Singapore	給
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	給
	Jinan	給
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	給
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	給
	Wuhan	把, 把得, 給
	Guilin	給
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	把, 給
	Hefei	給
Cantonese	Guangzhou	畀
	Hong Kong	畀
	Macau	畀
	Taishan	畀
	Dongguan	畀
	Yangjiang	畀
	Nanning	畀
	Nanning (Tanka)	畀
	Yulin	分
	Baise	畀
	Qinzhou	畀
	Qinzhou (Changtan)	畀
	Beihai	畀
	Beihai (Nankang)	畀
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	畀
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	畀
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	畀
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	畀
	Penang (Guangfu)	畀
	Singapore (Guangfu)	畀
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	畀
	Móng Cái	畀
Gan	Nanchang	把
Hakka	Meixian	分
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	分
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	分
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	分
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	分
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	分
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	得
	Kuching (Hepo)	分
Jin	Taiyuan	給
Northern Min	Jian'ou	吶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	乞
Southern Min	Xiamen	予
	Quanzhou	予, 傳
	Zhangzhou	予
	Zhao'an	予
	Taipei	予
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	予
	Kaohsiung	予
	Yilan	予
	Changhua (Lukang)	予
	Taichung	予
	Taichung (Wuqi)	予
	Tainan	予
	Taitung	予
	Hsinchu	予
	Kinmen	予
	Penghu (Magong)	予
	Penang (Hokkien)	予
	Singapore (Hokkien)	予
	Manila (Hokkien)	予
	Chaozhou	分, 乞
	Shantou	分, 乞
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	乞
	Jieyang	分, 乞
	Haifeng	分, 予
	Singapore (Teochew)	乞
	Pontianak (Teochew)	分, 乞
	Leizhou	乞
	Wenchang	分
	Haikou	要
Wu	Shanghai	撥, 撥辣
	Suzhou	撥
	Ningbo	撥
	Wenzhou	匄
Xiang	Changsha	把
	Loudi	把

Dialectal synonyms of 被 (“by”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		被
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	讓, 叫, 給
	Taiwan	讓, 叫, 給
	Malaysia	被, 給
	Singapore	被, 讓, 給
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	叫, 讓
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	叫
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	遭, 叫
	Wuhan	把得
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	給, 把
	Hefei	給, 叫
Cantonese	Guangzhou	畀
	Hong Kong	畀
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	畀
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	畀
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	畀
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	畀
	Macau	畀
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	畀
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	畀
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	畀
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	畀
	Foshan	畀
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	畀
	Foshan (Shunde)	畀
	Foshan (Sanshui)	畀
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	畀
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	畀
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	畀
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	畀
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	畀
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	畀
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	畀
	Taishan	畀
	Kaiping (Chikan)	畀
	Enping (Niujiang)	畀
	Heshan (Yayao)	畀
	Dongguan	畀
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	畀
	Shaoguan	畀
	Yunfu	畀
	Yangjiang	畀
	Xinyi	畀
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	畀
	Singapore (Guangfu)	畀
Gan	Nanchang	讓, 等
Hakka	Meixian	分
	Xingning	分
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	畀
	Huiyang	分
	Huidong (Daling)	分
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	分
	Boluo (Bendihua)	畀
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	分
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	畀
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	分
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	把
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	畀
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	把
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	分
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	分
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	分
	Liannan	分
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	分
	Jiexi	分
	Changting	得
	Wuping	得
	Wuping (Pingyu)	得
	Liancheng	給
	Ninghua	分
	Ruijin	得
	Shicheng	得
	Shangyou (Shexi)	討
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	分
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	分
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	分
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	分
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	分
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	得
	Hong Kong	分
	Senai (Huiyang)	分
	Kuching (Hepo)	分
Jin	Taiyuan	叫, 給
Northern Min	Jian'ou	吶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	乞
Southern Min	Xiamen	予, 乞
	Quanzhou	予, 乞, 傳
	Zhangzhou	予, 乞
	Taipei	予
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	予
	Kaohsiung	予
	Yilan	予
	Changhua (Lukang)	予
	Taichung	予
	Tainan	予
	Hsinchu	予
	Kinmen	予
	Penghu (Magong)	予
	Singapore (Hokkien)	予
	Manila (Hokkien)	予
	Chaozhou	分, 乞
	Shantou	分, 乞, 予
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	乞
	Jieyang	分, 乞
	Leizhou	乞
	Haikou	要
Wu	Shanghai	撥, 撥辣
	Suzhou	撥, 撥勒
	Ningbo	撥, 撥人家
	Wenzhou	匄
Xiang	Changsha	聽, 撈, 讓, 被
	Shuangfeng	耗

References

• “乞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00041

Japanese

Kanji

乞

(Jōyō kanji)

1. beg
2. invite
3. ask

Readings

• Go-on: こち (kochi)
• Kan-on: きつ (kitsu)
• Kan’yō-on: こつ (kotsu)
• Kun: こう (kou, 乞う, Jōyō)^{←こふ (kofu, 乞ふ, historical)}、こい (koi, 乞い)^{←こひ (kofi, 乞ひ, historical)}
• Nanori: ただし (tadashi)

“To give”:

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: あたえる (ataeru, 乞える)^{←あたへる (ataferu, 乞へる, historical)}

Compounds

Compounds

• 乞丐 (かたい), 乞丐(かったい) (kattai, “beggar, idiot; (archaic) leprosy”)
• 乞丐(こつがい) (kotsugai, “beggar”)
• 乞丐(きっかい) (kikkai)
• 物(もの)乞(ご)い (monogoi, “beggar, begging”)
• 乞(こ)食(じき) (kojiki, “beggar, begging”)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 乞 (MC khj+t).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	크ᇙ〮 (Yale: khúlq)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2]	빌〯 (Yale: pǐl)	걸〮 (Yale: kél)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [걸]

Hanja

Wikisource

乞 (eumhun 빌 걸 (bil geol))

1. hanja form^? of 걸 (“to beg”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 걸립 (乞粒, geollip)
• 걸사 (乞士, geolsa)
• 복걸 (伏乞, bokgeol)
• 걸가 (乞暇, geolga)
• 걸식 (乞食, geolsik)
• 애걸 (哀乞, aegeol)
• 걸구 (乞求, geolgu)
• 구걸 (求乞, gugeol)
• 걸객 (乞客, geolgaek)
• 걸맹 (乞盟, geolmaeng)
• 개걸 (丐乞, gaegeol)
• 걸개 (乞丐, geolgae)
• 걸신 (乞神, geolsin)
• 행걸 (行乞, haenggeol)
• 애걸복걸 (哀乞伏乞, aegeolbokgeol)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

Vietnamese

Han character

乞: Hán Nôm readings: khất, khắt, gật, khật

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References

• Nom Foundation