qǐng
please
Simplified form of 請. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 青 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution

Bronze script
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 请
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to ask | ||
to apply for sth | ||
to invite | ||
to request | ||
Excuse me, may I ask...? |
Statistics
HSK level 1
Appears in 94.2496% of movies
208th most common character in movies
421st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+8BF7 |
Sources
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