gài

to beg for alms

Evolution

匄 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
匄 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
匄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
匄 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

gài

to beg for alms; a beggar

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gài

variant of [gài]

Most common words with 匄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

乞丐

beggar

beggar

丐帮

beggars' union

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.4256% of movies

3126th most common character in movies

2606th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+5304

Shuowen

“匄,气也。逯安說,亡人為匄。”


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