# 乞

| 乞 | U+4E5E, &#20062; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E5E |
| ← 九 [U+4E5D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 也 → [U+4E5F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

乞 (Kangxi radical 5, 乙+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 人弓 (ON), four-corner 8071$_7$, composition ⿱𠂉乙)

#### Derived characters

* 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

#### References

* 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (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.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): qǐ (qi$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qi$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hat$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hat$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): qit$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiet / khié / khiat
* Jin (Wiktionary): qieh$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): kĭ
* Eastern Min (BUC): ké̤ṳk
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khit
    (Teochew, Peng'im): keg$^4$ / kêg$^4$ / kig$^4$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^7$chiq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qi$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cǐ
*** Wade–Giles: chʻi$^3$
*** Yale: chǐ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chii
*** Palladius: ци (ci)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: qi$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ki
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hat$^1$
*** Yale: hāt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hat$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hed$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐt̚⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hat$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hat̚⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: qit$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰit̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiet / khié
*** Hakka Romanization System: kied$^ˋ$ / kie$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kiad$^5$ / kie$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯et̚²/, /kʰi̯e³¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiat
*** Hakka Romanization System: kiad$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kiad$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯at̚²/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: qieh$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰiəʔ²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰi²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ké̤ṳk
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰøyʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (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/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: keg$^4$ / kêg$^4$ / kig$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khṳk / khek / khik
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɯk̚²/, /kʰek̚²/, /kʰik̚²/
* keg4 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai, Raoping;
* kêg4 - Jieyang;
* kig4 - Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit乞 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /t͡ɕʰi²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡ɕʰi¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /t͡ɕʰi⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /t͡ɕʰi²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡ɕʰi²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡ɕʰji²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /t͡ɕʰi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /t͡ɕʰi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡ɕʰi²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡ɕʰi²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡ɕʰi³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡ɕʰi²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /t͡ɕʰi³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡ɕʰiʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡ɕʰiəʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡ɕʰiʌʔ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡ɕʰiɪʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡ɕʰai²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕʰiʔ²¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /kʰo⁵/ /t͡ɕʰi⁵/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡ɕʰi²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡ɕʰi²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡ɕʰiʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /kʰit̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /hɐt̚⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /hɐt̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /hɐt̚⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /kʰit̚³²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kʰøyʔ²³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /kʰi²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /kʰɯk̚²/ /kʰiʔ²/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /xit̚⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: khj+t
Rime :
| Character | 乞 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 迄 (58) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 去迄切 |
| Baxter | khj+t |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰɨt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰɨt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰiət̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰɨt̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰiət̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰĭət̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰi̯ət̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hat$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qʰət/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰɯd/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| 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; * 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 | 乞 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 10082 |
| Phonetic component | 乞 |
| Rime group | 物 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰɯd/ |
| Notes | 氣的轉註字從乞與從氣同 |

#### Definitions

乞
* to beg
* to request
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 乞丐 (qǐgài)
* 乞乞縮縮 / 乞乞缩缩
* 乞人 (qǐrén)
* 乞人憎
* 乞伏
* 乞休
* 乞假 (qǐjià)
* 乞免
* 乞兒 / 乞儿 (qǐ'ér)
* 乞力馬扎羅山 / 乞力马扎罗山
* 乞化
* 乞命
* 乞哀告憐 / 乞哀告怜 (qǐ'āigàolián)
* 乞嗤
* 乞婆 (qǐpó)
* 乞巧 (qǐqiǎo)
* 乞師 / 乞师 (qǐshī)
* 乞憐 / 乞怜 (qǐlián)
* 乞憐搖尾 / 乞怜摇尾
* 乞懇 / 乞恳
* 乞拉朋吉
* 乞援
* 乞期
* 乞求 (qǐqiú)
* 乞活
* 乞漿得酒 / 乞浆得酒
* 乞火
* 乞留乞良
* 乞留惡濫 / 乞留恶滥
* 乞留曲律
* 乞留玎琅
* 乞盟
* 乞窮儉相 / 乞穷俭相
* 乞糖
* 乞討 / 乞讨 (qǐtǎo)
* 乞請 / 乞请
* 乞貸 / 乞贷
* 乞身
* 乞鄰 / 乞邻
* 乞閒 / 乞闲 (qǐxián)
* 乞降 (qǐxiáng)
* 乞靈 / 乞灵
* 乞鞠
* 乞頭 / 乞头
* 乞食 (qǐshí)
* 乞食飯牛 / 乞食饭牛
* 乞養 / 乞养
* 乞骸
* 乞骸骨 (qǐ háigǔ)
* 伏乞
* 千乞
* 向火乞兒 / 向火乞儿
* 容乞
* 寒乞
* 搖尾乞憐 / 摇尾乞怜 (yáowěi qǐlián)
* 啟乞 / 启乞
* 死乞白賴 / 死乞白赖 (sǐqibáilài)
* 求乞 (qiúqǐ)
* 窮腮乞臉 / 穷腮乞脸
* 行乞 (xíngqǐ)
* 討乞 / 讨乞 (tǎoqǐ)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qì (qi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hei$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ké̤ṳk
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khit / khì
    (Teochew, Peng'im): keh$^4$ / kêh$^4$ / kih$^4$ / koih$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qì
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cì
*** Wade–Giles: chʻi$^4$
*** Yale: chì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chih
*** Palladius: ци (ci)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hei$^3$
*** Yale: hei
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hei$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: héi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hei̯³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ké̤ṳk
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰøyʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khit
*** Tâi-lô: khit
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qid
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰit̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰit̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì
*** Tâi-lô: khì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qix
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰi²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: keh$^4$ / kêh$^4$ / kih$^4$ / koih$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khṳh / kheh / khih / khoih
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɯʔ²/, /kʰeʔ²/, /kʰiʔ²/, /kʰoiʔ²/
* kêh4 - Jieyang;
* kih4 - Chaoyang.
* Middle Chinese: khj+jH
Rime :
| Character | 乞 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (20) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 去旣切 |
| Baxter | khj+jH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʰɨi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʰɨi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kʰiəi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kʰɨj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kʰiəi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kʰĭəi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰe̯i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hei$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʰɯds/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 乞 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 10073 |
| Phonetic component | 乞 |
| Rime group | 隊 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*kʰɯds/ |
| Notes | 氣字注今體，集韻徑作乞（與） |

#### Definitions

乞
* (obsolete or Eastern Min, Teochew) to give
       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] ― i$^1$ keh$^4$ ua$^2$ bung$^2$ ze$^1$ [Peng'im] ― he gave me a book
    From: The Book of Han, circa 1st century CE
    Qī zìjīng sǐ, Mǎichén qì qí fū qián, lìng zàng. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (Eastern Min; Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien, Teochew) by
    乞人拍死 [Teochew] ― keh$^4$ nang$^5$ pah$^4$ si$^2$ [Peng'im] ― be beat to death by someone
* (Eastern Min; Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien, Teochew) 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
* (Teochew) to let; to allow

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 予, 畀 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 給 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 給 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 給 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 給 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 給 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 把, 把得, 給 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 給 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 把, 給 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 給 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 分 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Changtan) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 畀 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 把 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 分 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 分 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 分 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 分 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 分 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 分 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 得 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 分 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Meixian) | 分 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 分 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 給 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 吶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 予 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 予, 傳 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 予 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 予 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 予 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 予 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 予 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 予 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 予 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 予 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 予 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 予 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 分, 予 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 分 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 要 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 乞 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 撥, 撥辣 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 撥 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 撥 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 匄 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 把 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 把 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 被 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 讓, 叫, 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 讓, 叫, 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 被, 給 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 被, 讓, 給 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 叫, 讓 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 叫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 遭, 叫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 把得 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 給, 把 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 給, 叫 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 畀 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 讓, 等 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 分 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 分 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 畀 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 分 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 分 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 分 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 畀 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 分 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 畀 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 分 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 把 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 畀 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 把 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 分 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 分 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 分 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 分 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 分 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 分 |
| Hakka | Changting | 得 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 得 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 得 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 給 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 分 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 得 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 得 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 討 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 分 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 分 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 分 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 分 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 分 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 得 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 分 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 分 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 分 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 叫, 給 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 吶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 予, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 予, 乞, 傳 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 予, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 予 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 予 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 予 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 予 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 予 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 予 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 予 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 予 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 分, 乞, 予 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 分, 乞 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 分 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 乞 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 要 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 撥, 撥辣 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 撥, 撥勒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 撥, 撥人家 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 匄 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 聽, 撈, 讓, 被 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 耗 |

### References

* “乞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 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

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* beg
* invite
* ask

#### Readings

* Go-on: こち (kochi)
* Kan-on: きつ (kitsu)
* Kan’yō-on: こつ (kotsu)
* Kun: こう (kou, 乞う, Jōyō)、こい (koi, 乞い)
* Nanori: ただし (tadashi)
(to give):
* Go-on: け (ke)
* Kan-on: き (ki)
* Kun: あたえる (ataeru, 乞える)

#### Compounds

* 乞丐(かたい) (katai), 乞丐(かったい) (kattai, “beggar, idiot; (archaic) leprosy”)
* 乞丐(こつがい) (kotsugai, “beggar”)
* 乞丐(きっかい) (kikkai)
* 物(もの)乞(ご)い (monogoi, “beggar, begging”)
* 乞(こ)食(じき) (kojiki, “beggar, begging”)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 乞 (MC khj+t).
Historical Readings :
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading |||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | 크ᇙ〮 (Yale: khúlq) | 크ᇙ〮 (Yale: khúlq) |
| Middle Korean |||
| Text | Eumhun | Eumhun |
| Text | Gloss (hun) | Reading |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 빌〯 (Yale: pǐl) | 걸〮 (Yale: kél) |

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [kʌ̹ɭ]
* Phonetic hangul: [걸]

### Hanja

Wikisource 乞 (eumhun 빌 걸 (bil geol))
* hanja form of 걸 (“to beg”)

#### Compounds

* 개걸 (丐乞, gaegeol)
* 걸가 (乞暇, geolga)
* 걸개 (乞丐, geolgae)
* 걸객 (乞客, geolgaek)
* 걸구 (乞求, geolgu)
* 걸립 (乞粒, geollip)
* 걸맹 (乞盟, geolmaeng)
* 걸사 (乞士, geolsa)
* 걸식 (乞食, geolsik)
* 걸신 (乞神, geolsin)
* 구걸 (求乞, gugeol)
* 복걸 (伏乞, bokgeol)
* 애걸 (哀乞, aegeol)
* 애걸복걸 (哀乞伏乞, aegeolbokgeol)
* 행걸 (行乞, haenggeol)

### References

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

## Vietnamese
### Han character

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

### Verb

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

#### References

* Nom Foundation