単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Single kanji#8,057 most used

乞う

こう1

Pitch accent · 頭高 (atamadaka)

to beg; to request

ITS KANJI

HOW IT SOUNDS

Written

IN A SENTENCE

When she saw that the people were hungry, she begged for food for them.

from Tatoeba

MEANINGS

1

to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

godan verb · transitive

TANGOYA ASKS

2

to pray; to wish

godan verb · transitive

SOUNDS THE SAME

DETAILS

Kind単漢字, single kanji

Frequency#8,057 most used

Written乞う、請う

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium