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漢字Kanji · in Time & Sequence

乞: beg, invite

Also: ask

N1 (our estimate)3 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
3 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

こうkou · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 乞うこうto beg; to ask; to request
  • 乞婿こいむこbridegroom who is loved by his bride
  • 乞いこいrequest; entreaty

Also read コツ, キツ, キ, キケ, コチ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Push through the barrier! Imagine a tiny sprout winding its way upward, bending and twisting to find the sun.”
More in the 乙 the second story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
乙

Also built on the second (乙)

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Also read コツ

3 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read キツ

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read キ

55 kanji share this on'yomiAll 55
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · qǐ

Same form: 乞 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
乞 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
乞 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin qǐ most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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