Hanja Analyzer
乞

乞 — geol, gi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
빌 걸, 줄 기
Romanization
geol, gi
English
beg; request
Mandarin
qǐ
Japanese on'yomi
キツ, コツ, キ, コチ, ケ
Japanese kun'yomi
こ.う
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#2,478 of 2,500
Strokes
3
Radical
乙 (5, 2 residual)
Unicode
U+4E5E

Korean example words with 乞

  • 걸군乞軍 Korean gloss: 예전에, 빌어먹던 군사
  • 걸인乞人 Korean gloss: 남에게 빌어먹고 사는 사람
  • 애걸哀乞 Korean gloss: 소원을 들어 달라고 애처롭게 빎
  • 구걸求乞 Korean gloss: 돈이나 곡식, 물건 따위를 거저 달라고 빎
  • 걸승乞僧 Korean gloss: 모든 생업을 끊고 밥을 빌어먹으면서 수행하는 승려
  • 걸객乞客 Korean gloss: 몰락한 양반으로서 의관을 갖추고 다니며 얻어먹는 사람
  • 걸귀乞鬼 Korean gloss: 식욕이 매우 왕성하고, 음식을 지나치게 탐내는 사람을 비유적으로 이르는 말
  • 걸립乞粒 Korean gloss: 동네에 경비를 쓸 일이 있을 때, 여러 사람들이 패를 짜서 각처로 다니면서 풍물을 치고 재주를 부리며 돈이나 곡식을 구하는 일
  • 걸해乞骸 Korean gloss: 심신은 임금께 바친 것이지만 해골만은 돌려달라는 뜻으로, 늙은 재상이 벼슬을 내놓고 은퇴하기를 임금에게 주청하던 일. ≪사기(
  • 복걸하다伏乞 Korean gloss: 엎드려 빌다
  • 걸신스럽다乞神 Korean gloss: 굶주려 음식에 몹시 탐욕스럽다
  • 걸식하다乞食 Korean gloss: 음식 따위를 빌어먹다. 또는 먹을 것을 빌다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 乞

  • 乞食こじき beggar; begging
  • 乞うこう to beg; to ask; to request
  • 乞婿こいむこ bridegroom who is loved by his bride
  • 乞丐こつがい beggar; bum
  • 乞士こっし bhikkhu (fully ordained Buddhist monk)
  • 行乞ぎょうこつ going on an alms round (for food); going begging (for food); going to ask for alms of food
  • 雨乞いあまごい praying for rain
  • 乞高評こうこうひょう with the author's compliments
  • 命乞いいのちごい begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
  • 暇乞いいとまごい leave-taking; (saying) goodbye; requesting leave (from work)
  • 物乞いものごい beggar; begging
  • 乞巧奠きっこうでん Festival to Plead for Skills (progenitor festival of Tanabata)

Characters sharing the phonetic 乞

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “흘” in Korean.

Other hanja read “걸”

Other hanja with radical 乙

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