Jisho

×

3 strokes
Radical:
second 乛 (乙, ⺄, 乚)
Parts:
Variants:
beg, invite, ask
Kun:
こ.う
On:
コツキツキケコチ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2478 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 乞食 【コジキ】 beggar, begging
  • 乞丐 【コツガイ】 beggar, bum
  • 行乞 【ギョウコツ】 going on an alms round (for food), going begging (for food), going to ask for alms of food, pindacara
  • 乞巧奠 【キッコウデン】 Festival to Plead for Skills (progenitor festival of Tanabata)
  • 乞丐 【コツガイ】 beggar, bum

Kun reading compounds

  • 乞う 【こう】 to beg, to ask, to request, to invite, to pray, to wish
  • 乞高評 【こうこうひょう】 with the author's compliments

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi3
Korean:
geol, gi

Spanish

  • petición
  • imploración
  • invitación
  • pedir
  • implorar
  • invitar

Portuguese

French

  • mendier
  • demander
  • inviter à
262 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1020 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2457 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1707 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
472 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
170 Morohashi
1961 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
59 New Nelson (John Haig)
462 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
501 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2356 2001 Kanji
0a3.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-1 SKIP code
2-2-2 SKIP code
8071.7 Four corner code
1-24-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e5e Unicode hex code

婿

12 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
Variants:
bridegroom, son-in-law
Kun:
むこ
On:
セイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2099 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 女婿 【ジョセイ】 son-in-law
  • 愛婿 【アイセイ】 one's favorite son-in-law, one's favourite son-in-law

Kun reading compounds

  • 婿 【むこ】 husband, groom, (one's) son-in-law
  • 婿入 【むこいり】 being adopted into the family of one's bride
  • 花婿 【はなむこ】 bridegroom
  • 相婿 【あいむこ】 brother-in-law

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xu4
Korean:
seo

Spanish

  • novio
  • yerno

Portuguese

  • noivo
  • genro

French

  • fiancé
  • gendre
1477 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1972 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1239 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1719 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1197 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1745 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1868 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
600 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
449 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
689 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
414 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
520 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
402 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6470 Morohashi
566 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1246 New Nelson (John Haig)
395 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
422 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1521 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1746 2001 Kanji
3e9.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
4742.7 Four corner code
1-44-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5a7f Unicode hex code