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乞
乞
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Translingual
Han character
乞 (radical 5 乙+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 人弓 (ON), four-corner 80717, composition ⿱𠂉乙)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 84, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 170
- Dae Jaweon: page 170, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 50, character 7
- Unihan data for U+4E5E
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
乞 | |
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| alt. forms | 气 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hat1
- Min Dong (BUC): ké̤ṳk
- Min Nan (POJ): khit
- Wu (Wiktionary): qiq (T4)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ
- Wade-Giles: ch'ih3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chii
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hat1
- Yale: hāt
- Cantonese Pinyin: hat7
- IPA (key): /hɐt̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ké̤ṳk
- IPA (key): /kʰøyʔ²⁴/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (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/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: qiq (T4)
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɪʔ⁵⁵/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 乞 |
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| 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/ |
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| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡ɕʰi²⁴/ |
| Xiangtan | /t͡ɕʰi²⁴/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡ɕʰiʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | |
| Taoyuan | /kʰit̚²²/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /hɐt̚⁵/ |
| Nanning | /hɐt̚⁵⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /hɐt̚⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /kʰit̚³²/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /kʰøyʔ²³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /kʰi²⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) |
/kʰɯk̚²/ /kʰiʔ²/ |
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| Haikou (Min Nan) | /xit̚⁵/ |
| Rime | |
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| Character | 乞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 迄 (58) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 去迄切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kʰɨt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kʰɨt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kʰiət̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kʰɨt̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/kʰiət̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/kʰĭət̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kʰi̯ət̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
qi |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| 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; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
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| Character | 乞 | 乞 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 10073 | 10082 |
| Phonetic component |
乞 | 乞 |
| Rime group |
隊 | 物 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
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| Old Chinese |
/*kʰɯds/ | /*kʰɯd/ |
| Notes | 氣字注今體，集韻徑作乞（與） | 氣的轉註字從乞與從氣同 |
Definitions
乞
Japanese
Kanji
乞
Readings
- Goon: こつ (kotsu), こち (kochi)
- Kan’on: きつ (kitsu)
- On (unclassified): き (ki), きけ (kike)
- Kun: こう (kou), こい (koi)
References
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- Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.
Korean
Hanja
乞 • (geol)
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 걸 (McCune-Reischauer: kŏl)
- Name (hangeul): 빌 (revised: bil, McCune-Reischauer: pil)
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Compounds
- 乞神 (걸신, geolsin) hungry ghost
References
Vietnamese
Han character
- Hán Việt: khất, khắt, gật
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References
Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 乞
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| Oracle bone script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (乞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| 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, distinguished to indicate a phonetically borrowed meaning "to beg".