qǐng
please
Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 青 represents the sound.
Evolution
Bronze script
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 請
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to ask | ||
to apply for sth | ||
to invite | ||
to request | ||
Excuse me, may I ask...? |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*m-tsʰeŋ | dzjeng | qíng | request, invite |
*[tsʰ]eŋʔ | tshjengX | qǐng | request |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 94.2496% of movies
208th most common character in movies
421st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+8ACB |
Shuowen | “請，謁也。从言，青聲。” |
Sources
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