U+4E5E, 乞
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E5E

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

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

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

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • 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

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

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

Pronunciation 1 edit

simp. and trad.
alternative forms
𠧒


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

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location
    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/
    Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
    Xiangtan /t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
    Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕʰiʔ⁵/
    Hakka Meixian
    Taoyuan /kʰit̚²²/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /hɐt̚⁵/
    Nanning /hɐt̚⁵⁵/
    Hong Kong /hɐt̚⁵/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /kʰit̚³²/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kʰøyʔ²³/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /kʰi²⁴/
    Shantou (Teochew) /kʰɯk̚²/
    /kʰiʔ²/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /xit̚⁵/

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/2
    Initial () (29)
    Final () (58)
    Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter khj+t
    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
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    hat1
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ khjɨt ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*C.qʰət/
    English beg, ask

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 2/2
    No. 10082
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*kʰɯd/
    Notes

    Definitions edit

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

    Compounds edit

    Pronunciation 2 edit

    simp. and trad.
    alternative forms
    𠧒
    Hokkien


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

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 2/2
    Initial () (29)
    Final () (20)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter khj+jH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /kʰɨiH/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /kʰɨiH/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /kʰiəiH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /kʰɨjH/
    Li
    Rong
    /kʰiəiH/
    Wang
    Li
    /kʰĭəiH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /kʰe̯iH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    hei3
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/2
    No. 10073
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*kʰɯds/
    Notes

    Definitions edit

    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, Zhangzhou, Teochew Southern Min) by
      拍死 [Teochew]  ―  keh4 nang5 pah4 si2 [Peng'im]  ―  be beat to death by someone
    3. (Eastern Min; Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Teochew Southern Min) Used before a verb to indicate passive voice.
      杯仔 [Hokkien]  ―  poe-á khit thau khì [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  the cup has been stolen
    Synonyms edit

    References edit

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

    1. beg
    2. invite
    3. ask

    Readings edit

    “To give”:

    Compounds edit

    Korean edit

    Etymology edit

    From Middle Chinese (MC khj+t).

    Historical Readings
    Dongguk Jeongun Reading
    Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 크ᇙ〮 (Yale: khúlq)
    Middle Korean
    Text Eumhun
    Gloss (hun) Reading
    Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2] 빌〯 (Yale: pǐl) 걸〮 (Yale: kél)

    Pronunciation edit

    Hanja edit

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    (eumhun (bil geol))

    1. Hanja form? of (to beg).

    Compounds edit

    References edit

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

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

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

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    References edit