漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
請: solicit, invite
Also: ask
JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 青 gives the sound
15 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
セイsei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 要請ようせいappeal; call for something; request
- 申請しんせい
- 請求せいきゅう
- 請託せいたくsolicitation
- 請願せいがんpetition
- 招請しょうせいinvitation
- 請求権せいきゅうけんclaim rights
うけるukeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 請負うけおいcontract (for work); contracting
Also read シン, ショウ, こう, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)言 say (meaning) + 青 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 請 (rev. 93741451), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
請 takes the 青 family's reading, セイ (sei).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side請 solicit · 青
vs誼 friendship · 宜In ChineseSimplified 请 · traditional, as in Japanese · qǐng
Japan keeps the traditional form 請; mainland China simplifies it to 请.
- Simplified
- 请 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 請 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qǐng 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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