乞

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

• 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

• 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

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.

乞

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

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。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     妻自经死，买臣乞其夫钱，令葬。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, 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) to undergo (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

• “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

(Jōyō kanji)

1. beg
2. invite
3. ask

• 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)}

From Middle Chinese 乞 (MC khj+t).

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

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乞 (eumhun 빌 걸 (bil geol))

1. hanja form^? of 걸 (“to beg”)

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

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

乞

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

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