乞

qǐ
#2,424 most
frequent character
to beg

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

乞 is a whole picture of clouds, so its first meaning was clouds. From that it grew to mean to plead or beg, and then to seek.

Drawn as: clouds

乞 as a component in other characters

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