U+4E5E "乞" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+4E5E "乞" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to beg," "to ask for," or "to request," often carrying a connotation of supplication or seeking charity. It is composed of the radical for "person" (人) with a slight stroke variation, and historically it can be found in classical texts such as the *Analects* of Confucius, where it appears in contexts of earnest request. In modern usage, it forms part of common compound words like 乞丐 (qǐgài, meaning "beggar") and 乞求 (qǐqiú, meaning "to beg or implore"). The character is classified under the Kangxi radical 5 (乙) and is encoded in the Unicode Standard as part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) unified ideographs block, ensuring its consistent representation across digital platforms for these languages.

General Properties

Code Point U+4E5E
Version Added 1.1
Name CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 乞
HTML Hex Encoding 乞
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE4 0xB9 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding 0x4E5E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00004E5E
C/C++/Java Escape \u4e5e

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Han
Script Extensions Han
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter
Ideographic Yes
Unified Ideograph Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive A45E
kCCCII 213049
kCNS1986 1-443F
kCNS1992 1-443F
kCangjie ON
kCantonese hat1
kCihaiT 54.601
kCowles 998
kDaeJaweon 0170.030
kDefinition beg; request
kEACC 213049
kFanqie 去迄
kFenn 298F
kFennIndex 40.04
kFourCornerCode 8071.7
kGB0 3882
kGB1 3882
kGradeLevel 3
kGSR 0517f
kHangul 걸:0E
kHanYu 10050.070
kHanyuPinyin 10050.070:qǐ,qì
kHKGlyph 0040
kIICore AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon 0170.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10050.070
kIRGKangXi 0084.030
kIRG_GSource G0-4672
kIRG_HSource HB1-A45E
kIRG_JSource J0-3870
kIRG_KPSource KP0-CEDE
kIRG_KSource K0-4B77
kIRG_TSource T1-443F
kIRG_VSource V1-4A47
kJapanese キツ コツ キ コチ ケ こい こう
kJoyoKanji 2010
kKoreanEducationHanja 2007
kTGH 2013:42
kJapaneseKun KOU KOI
kJapaneseOn KOTSU KI
kJis0 2480
kKangXi 0084.030
kKarlgren 332
kKorean KEL KI
kLau 1140
kMainlandTelegraph 0047
kMandarin
kMatthews 564
kMeyerWempe 678
kMojiJoho MJ006405
kMorohashi 00170
kNelson 0262
kPhonetic 440 460
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+1956+5.1.2
kRSUnicode 5.2
kSBGY 477.22
kSMSZD2003Index 10.02
kSMSZD2003Readings qǐ粵hat1
kTaiwanTelegraph 0047
kTang kiət
kTGHZ2013 292.180:qǐ
kTotalStrokes 3
kUnihanCore2020 GHJKMPT
kVietnamese khất
kXerox 250:112
kXHC1983 0899.060:qǐ