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U+4E5E, 乞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E5E

[U+4E5D]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4E5F]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 5, +2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 人弓 (ON), four-corner 80717, composition 𠂉)

Derived characters

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
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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

The top component of the character is unrelated to , , , as well as .

Pronunciation 1

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

  • Dialectal data
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Definitions

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

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

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Note:
  • kêh4 - Jieyang;
  • kih4 - Chaoyang.

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    Definitions

    1. (obsolete or Eastern Min, Teochew) to give
      [Eastern Min, trad.]
      [Eastern Min, simp.]
      ké̤ṳk nṳ̄ siŏh bā bék / [kʰøyʔ²⁴ nˡy³³ suoʔ⁵ pa³³ pɛiʔ²⁴] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]
      [someone] gives you a pen
      [Teochew]   i1 keh4 ua2 bung2 ze1 [Peng'im]   he gave me a book
    2. (Eastern Min; Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien, Teochew) by
      拍死 [Teochew]   keh4 nang5 pah4 si2 [Peng'im]   be beat to death by someone
    3. (Eastern Min; Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien, Teochew) to undergo (Used before a verb to indicate passive voice.)
      杯仔 [Hokkien]   poe-á khit thau khì [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]   the cup has been stolen
    4. (Teochew) to let; to allow
    Synonyms

    References

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    Japanese

    Kanji

    (Jōyō kanji)

    1. beg
    2. invite
    3. ask

    Readings

    (to give):

    Compounds

    Korean

    Etymology

    From Middle Chinese (MC khj+t).

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    Pronunciation

    Hanja

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    (eumhun (bil geol))

    1. hanja form? of (to beg)

    Compounds

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

    References

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

    Han character

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

    Verb

    1. chữ Hán form of khất (to delay, especially when it comes to paycheck)

    References

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