請

See also: 请

請 U+8ACB, 請 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8ACB ← 諊 [U+8ACA] CJK Unified Ideographs 諌 → [U+8ACC]

請 U+FABB, 請 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FABB ← 諸 [U+FABA] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 謁 → [U+FABC]

Translingual

Stroke order (Chinese)

Stroke order (Japan)

Han character

請 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜口手一月 (YRQMB), four-corner 0562₇, composition ⿰訁青 or ⿰訁靑)

Derived characters

• 𡃑

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1167, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35640
• Dae Jaweon: page 1632, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3981, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8ACB

• Unihan data for U+FABB

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 請
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

	Old Chinese
猜	*sʰlɯː
輤	*sʰleːns
綪	*sʰleːns, *ʔsreːŋ
倩	*sʰleːns, *sʰleŋs
棈	*sʰleːns
蒨	*sʰeːns
篟	*sʰeːns
生	*sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs
牲	*sreŋ
笙	*sreŋ
甥	*sreŋ
鉎	*sreŋ, *sleːŋ
珄	*sreŋ
鼪	*sreŋ, *sreŋs
猩	*sreŋ, *seːŋ
狌	*sreŋ
眚	*sreŋʔ
貹	*sreŋs
崝	*zreːŋ
精	*ʔsleŋ, *ʔsleŋs
菁	*ʔsleŋ
鶄	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
蜻	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleːŋ
鼱	*ʔsleŋ
婧	*ʔsleŋ, *zleŋs, *zleŋʔ
睛	*ʔsleŋ, *sʰleŋʔ
箐	*ʔsleŋ
聙	*ʔsleŋ
旌	*ʔsleŋ
清	*sʰleŋ
圊	*sʰleŋ
請	*sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ
凊	*sʰleŋs
䝼	*zleŋs, *zleŋ
靚	*zleŋs
情	*zleŋ
晴	*zleŋ
夝	*zleŋ
靜	*zleŋʔ
靖	*zleŋʔ
睲	*seŋʔ, *seːŋs
惺	*seŋʔ, *seːŋ
性	*sleŋs
姓	*sleŋs
靗	*l̥ʰeŋs
鯖	*ʔljeŋ, *sʰleːŋ
青	*sʰleːŋ
靘	*sʰleːŋ, *sʰleːŋs
掅	*sʰleːŋs
胜	*sleːŋ
曐	*sleːŋ
星	*sleːŋ
鮏	*sleːŋ
腥	*seːŋ, *seːŋs
鯹	*seːŋ
醒	*seːŋ, *seːŋʔ, *seːŋs
篂	*seːŋ

Characters in the same phonetic series (生) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰleŋʔ, *zleŋs, *zleŋ): semantic 言 (“say”) + phonetic 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ).

Pronunciation 1

trad.		請
simp.		请
2nd round simp.		𰵕

Rime
Character	請
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七靜切
Baxter	tshjengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiᴇŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɛŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰiæŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰiajŋX/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiɛŋX/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭɛŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ɛŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing2

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	請
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qǐng
Middle Chinese	‹ tshjengX ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]eŋʔ/
English	request
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	請
Reading #	1/3
No.	11340
Phonetic component	生
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	請
Old Chinese	/*sʰleŋʔ/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qǐng (qing³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qin³

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чин (čin, II)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ceng² / cing²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): tiang² / ten²

• Gan (Wiktionary): qiang³ / qin³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhiáng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): qiang³

• Jin (Wiktionary): qing²
• Northern Min (KCR): chiǎng
• Eastern Min (BUC): chiāng

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhiáⁿ / chhéng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cian²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵chin
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): cin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing³
    • Yale: chǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiing
    • Palladius: цин (cin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: qin³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kin
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin⁵³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чин (čin, II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ceng² / cing²
    • Yale: chéng / chíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tseng² / tsing²
    • Guangdong Romanization: céng² / qing²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːŋ³⁵/, /t͡sʰɪŋ³⁵/

Note:

• ceng2 - vernacular;
• cing2 - literary.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: tiang² / ten²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiaŋ⁵⁵/, /tʰen⁵⁵/
Note:
• tiang2 - vernacular;
• ten2 - literary.
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: qiang³ / qin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiaŋ²¹³/, /t͡ɕʰin²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiáng
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiang^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiang³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯aŋ³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: qiang³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiaŋ³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: qing²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chiǎng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiaŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiaŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Kinmen, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiáⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tshiánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chviar
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡sʰiã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kinmen): /t͡sʰiã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiã⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhéng
    • Tâi-lô: tshíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zheang
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵³/
Note:
• chhiáⁿ - vernacular (“to invite; to hire; to treat to a meal; please; to enshrine and worship; goodbye”);
• chhéng - literary.
• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cian²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiáⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰĩã⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵chin
    • MiniDict: chin^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²qin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰin³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: cin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡sʰin⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡ɕʰin⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tshjengX

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]eŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰleŋʔ/

Definitions

請

1. to ask; to ask for; to request

   請幾日假／请几日假 [Cantonese]  ―  ceng² gei² jat⁶ gaa³ [Jyutping]  ―  to request several days off (請假／请假)

   請你不要把我當傻子。 [MSC, trad.]
   请你不要把我当傻子。 [MSC, simp.]

   Qǐng nǐ bùyào bǎ wǒ dànɡ shǎzi. [Pinyin]

   Please don't treat me like a fool.

   我請他幫我買東西。 [MSC, trad.]
   我请他帮我买东西。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ qǐng tā bāng wǒ mǎi dōngxi. [Pinyin]

   I asked him to buy something for me.

   • 陳恆弒其君，請討之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     陈恒弑其君，请讨之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Chén Héng shì qí jūn, qǐng tǎo zhī. [Pinyin]

     Chen Heng has slain his sovereign. I beg that you will undertake to punish him.

   • 請子奉之，以主社稷。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     请子奉之，以主社稷。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Qǐng zǐ fèng zhī, yǐ zhǔ shèjì. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 羿請不死之藥於西王母，姮娥竊以奔月 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     羿请不死之药于西王母，姮娥窃以奔月 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Huainanzi, 2^nd century BCE

     Yì qǐng bùsǐ zhī yào yú Xīwángmǔ, Héng'é qiè yǐ bēn yuè [Pinyin]

     Hou Yi asked for the medicine of immortality from the Queen Mother of the West, [and] Chang'e stole it in order to escape to the moon

   1. kindly allow me to...

      • 顏淵曰：「回雖不敏，請事斯語矣。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
        颜渊曰：「回虽不敏，请事斯语矣。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

        From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

        Yán Yuān yuē: “Huí suī bù mǐn, qǐng shì sī yǔ yǐ.” [Pinyin]

        Yan Yuan then said, "Though I am deficient in intelligence and vigor, I will make it my business to practice this lesson."

      • 王好戰，請以戰喻。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
        王好战，请以战喻。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

        From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

        Wáng hàozhàn, qǐng yǐ zhàn yù. [Pinyin]

        Your majesty is fond of war - let me take an illustration from war.

2. to ask
3. to greet; to ask how someone is

   請安／请安  ―  qǐng'ān  ―  to pay respect (to someone senior)

   • 陸生往請，直入坐，而陳丞相方深念，不時見陸生。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     陆生往请，直入坐，而陈丞相方深念，不时见陆生。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Lù shēng wǎng qǐng, zhí rù zuò, ér Chén chéngxiàng fāng shēnniàn, bùshí jiàn Lù shēng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. to invite; to treat (to a meal, etc.)

   不請自來／不请自来  ―  bùqǐngzìlái  ―  to turn up without being invited

   如果你得閒，我想請你飲茶。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   如果你得闲，我想请你饮茶。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jyu⁴ gwo² nei⁵ dak¹ haan⁴, ngo⁵ soeng² ceng² nei⁵ jam² caa⁴. [Jyutping]

   If you are free, I would like to ask you out for yum cha.

5. to hire

   請工人／请工人  ―  qǐng gōngrén  ―  hire workers.

   佢冇錢請律師。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢冇钱请律师。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ mou⁵ cin^4-2 ceng² leot⁶ si¹. [Jyutping]

   He does not have the money to hire a lawyer.

6. to carry or bring (a sacred or respectable thing)

   請神／请神  ―  qǐng shén  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   展護衛，請聖旨！ [MSC, trad.]
   展护卫，请圣旨！ [MSC, simp.]

   Zhǎn hùwèi, qǐng shèngzhǐ! [Pinyin]

   Royal Guard Zhan, bring out the royal edict!

7. please; kindly

   請稍候。／请稍候。  ―  Qǐng shāohòu.  ―  Just a moment, please

   請坐／请坐 [Cantonese]  ―  ceng² co⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  Please be seated.

8. (dated) to buy holy sacrificial objects (such as joss sticks, candles, paper horses, etc.)
9. (Mainland China Hokkien) to enshrine and worship; to consecrate
10. (Mainland China Hokkien) goodbye; see you later
11. (Internet slang, interjection) Used to form a retort.

    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

12. a surname

Synonyms

• (to ask for):

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• 乞丐 (qǐgài) (archaic)
• 乞憐 / 乞怜 (qǐlián) (to beg for pity)
• 乞求 (qǐqiú)
• 哀告 (āigào)
• 哀求 (āiqiú)
• 央告 (yānggào)
• 央求 (yāngqiú)
• 憑 / 凭 (píng) (literary)
• 懇求 / 恳求 (kěnqiú)
• 懇請 / 恳请 (kěnqǐng)
• 求 (qiú)
• 沽情 (Hokkien)
• 煩請 / 烦请 (fánqǐng) (honorific, polite)
• 祈求 (qíqiú) (to pray for)
• 祈祝 (qízhù) (literary)
• 祝禱 / 祝祷 (zhùdǎo) (literary)
• 要求 (yāoqiú)
• 請求 / 请求 (qǐngqiú)

• (to invite):

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• 有請 / 有请 (yǒuqǐng) (polite)
• 相邀 (xiāngyāo) (formal)
• 約請 / 约请 (yuēqǐng)
• 邀 (yāo)
• 邀約 / 邀约 (yāoyuē) (literary)
• 邀請 / 邀请 (yāoqǐng)

• (to hire):

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• 延攬 / 延揽 (yánlǎn) (literary)
• 延聘 (yánpìn)
• 搜羅 / 搜罗 (sōuluó)
• 羅致 / 罗致 (luózhì) (literary)
• 聘任 (pìnrèn)
• 聘用 (pìnyòng)
• 聘請 / 聘请 (pìnqǐng)

• (to enshrine and worship):

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• 享祭 (xiǎngjì) (literary)
• 供奉 (gòngfèng)
• 吉禮 / 吉礼 (jílǐ) (literary)
• 奉祀 (fèngsì)
• 服侍 (Hokkien)
• 獻祭 / 献祭 (xiànjì) (literary)
• 祭獻 / 祭献 (jìxiàn) (literary)
• 祭祀 (jìsì)

Compounds

• 三催四請 / 三催四请 (sāncuīsìqǐng)
• 三請四喚 / 三请四唤
• 不情之請 / 不情之请 (bùqíngzhīqǐng)
• 不請自來 / 不请自来 (bùqǐngzìlái)
• 乞請 / 乞请
• 促請 / 促请 (cùqǐng)
• 催請 / 催请
• 僱請 / 雇请
• 公請 / 公请
• 函請 / 函请
• 力請 / 力请
• 參請 / 参请
• 另請高明 / 另请高明 (lìngqǐnggāomíng)
• 吃請 / 吃请 (chīqǐng)
• 呈請 / 呈请 (chéngqǐng)
• 咨請 / 咨请
• 回請 / 回请 (huíqǐng)
• 固請 / 固请
• 堅請 / 坚请
• 報請 / 报请 (bàoqǐng)
• 大請大受 / 大请大受
• 央請 / 央请
• 奉請 / 奉请
• 奏請 / 奏请 (zòuqǐng)
• 宴請 / 宴请 (yànqǐng)
• 干請
• 延請 / 延请 (yánqǐng)
• 懇請 / 恳请 (kěnqǐng)
• 提請 / 提请 (tíqǐng)
• 搬請 / 搬请
• 擬請 / 拟请
• 擺請兒 / 摆请儿
• 啟請 / 启请
• 敦請 / 敦请 (dūnqǐng)
• 敬請 / 敬请 (jìngqǐng)
• 普請 / 普请
• 有請 / 有请 (yǒuqǐng)
• 束縕請火 / 束缊请火
• 為民請命 / 为民请命
• 煩請 / 烦请 (fánqǐng)
• 申請 / 申请 (shēnqǐng)
• 申請書 / 申请书 (shēnqǐngshū)
• 祈請 / 祈请
• 禮請 / 礼请
• 管請 / 管请
• 籲請 / 吁请 (yùqǐng)
• 約請 / 约请 (yuēqǐng)
• 終軍請纓 / 终军请缨
• 老黃請醫 / 老黄请医
• 聘請 / 聘请 (pìnqǐng)
• 聲請 / 声请 (shēngqǐng)
• 訴請 / 诉请 (sùqǐng)
• 說參請 / 说参请
• 請事 / 请事
• 請人客 / 请人客 (chhiáⁿ-lâng-kheh) (Min Nan)
• 請仙 / 请仙
• 請伏 / 请伏
• 請便 / 请便 (qǐngbiàn)
• 請假 / 请假 (qǐngjià)
• 請功受賞 / 请功受赏
• 請告 / 请告
• 請君入甕 / 请君入瓮 (qǐngjūnrùwèng)
• 請命 / 请命 (qǐngmìng)
• 請和 / 请和
• 請問 / 请问 (qǐngwèn)
• 請喚 / 请唤
• 請安 / 请安 (qǐng'ān)
• 請客 / 请客 (qǐngkè)
• 請帖 / 请帖 (qǐngtiě)
• 請急 / 请急
• 請援 / 请援
• 請教 / 请教 (qǐngjiào)
• 請期 / 请期
• 請柬 / 请柬 (qǐngjiǎn)
• 請業 / 请业
• 請求 / 请求 (qǐngqiú)
• 請求乃論 / 请求乃论
• 請求權 / 请求权
• 請益 / 请益 (qǐngyì)
• 請示 / 请示 (qǐngshì)
• 請纓 / 请缨 (qǐngyīng)
• 請罪 / 请罪 (qǐngzuì)
• 請職 / 请职
• 請脈 / 请脉
• 請自隗始 / 请自隗始
• 請見 / 请见 (qǐngjiàn)
• 請託 / 请托
• 請訓 / 请训
• 請謁 / 请谒
• 請賞 / 请赏 (qǐngshǎng)
• 請購單 / 请购单
• 請辭 / 请辞 (qǐngcí)
• 請雨 / 请雨
• 請願 / 请愿 (qǐngyuàn)
• 請願權 / 请愿权
• 負荊請罪 / 负荆请罪 (fùjīngqǐngzuì)
• 遍請 / 遍请 (biànqǐng)
• 邀請 / 邀请 (yāoqǐng)
• 邀請賽 / 邀请赛 (yāoqǐngsài)
• 陳請 / 陈请 (chénqǐng)

Pronunciation 2

trad.		請
simp.		请

Rime
Character	請
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疾盈切
Baxter	dzjeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ziæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziajŋ/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛŋ/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qíng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cing4

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	請
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qíng
Middle Chinese	‹ dzjeng ›
Old Chinese	/*m-tsʰeŋ/
English	request, invite
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	請
Reading #	3/3
No.	11350
Phonetic component	生
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	情
Old Chinese	/*zleŋ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíng (qing²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): king⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing²
    • Yale: chíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyng
    • Palladius: цин (cin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: king⁴
    • Yale: kìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: king⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: king⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzjeng

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-tsʰeŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*zleŋ/

Definitions

請

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Compounds

• 請佃 / 请佃
• 請俸 / 请俸
• 請受 / 请受
• 請奉 / 请奉
• 請給 / 请给

Pronunciation 3

trad.		請
simp.		请

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīng (qing¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cing
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing¹
    • Yale: chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ching
    • Palladius: цин (cin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cing¹
    • Yale: chīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

請

1. Only used in 請室／请室 (qīngshì).

Pronunciation 4

trad.		請
simp.		请

Rime
Character	請
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	疾政切
Baxter	dzjengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziᴇŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziɛŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ziæŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziajŋH/
Li Rong	/d͡ziɛŋH/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭɛŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ɛŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zing6

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	請
Reading #	2/3
No.	11346
Phonetic component	生
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	淨
Old Chinese	/*zleŋs/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìng (jing⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìng
    • Wade–Giles: ching⁴
    • Yale: jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinq
    • Palladius: цзин (czin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zing⁶
    • Yale: jihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: dzjengH

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zleŋs/

Definitions

請

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Further reading

• “請”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Shinjitai	請
Kyūjitai [1][2][3]	請󠄁 請+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	請󠄃 請+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Stroke order (Japan)

Kanji

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 請

請

(Jōyō kanji)

1. beg; ask
2. ask; request
3. entertain sincerely
4. (普(ふ)請(しん)) donate to constructing a temple or a shrine
5. receive

Readings

From Middle Chinese 請 (MC tshjengX); compare Mandarin 請 / 请 (qǐng):

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)
• Tō-on: しん (shin, Jōyō ^†)

From Middle Chinese 請 (MC dzjeng); compare Mandarin 請 / 请 (qíng):

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←じやう (zyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: こう (kou, 請う, Jōyō)^{←こふ (kofu, 請ふ, historical)}、うける (ukeru, 請ける, Jōyō)
• Nanori: うけ (uke)

Compounds

• 請(うけ)負(おい) (ukeoi)
• 請(しょう)安(あん) (shōan)
• 請(しょう)益(やく) (shōyaku)
• 請(しょう)来(らい) (shōrai)
• 請(しん)仮(か) (shinka)
• 請(せい)謁(えつ) (seietsu)
• 請(せい)仮(か) (seika)
• 請(せい)願(がん) (seigan)
• 請(せい)寄(き) (seiki)
• 請(せい)期(き) (seiki)
• 請(せい)寄(き) (seiki)
• 請(せい)求(きゅう) (seikyū)
• 請(せい)訓(くん) (seikun)
• 請(せい)罪(ざい) (seizai)
• 請(せい)室(しつ) (seishitsu)
• 請(せい)属(しょく), 請(せい)嘱(しょく) (seishoku)
• 請(せい)託(たく), 請(せい)托(たく) (seitaku)
• 請(せい)祷(とう), 請(せい)禱(とう) (seitō)
• 請(せい)命(めい) (seimei)
• 請(せい)問(もん) (seimon)
• 請(せい)老(ろう) (seirō)
• 勧(かん)請(じょう) (kanjō)
• 懇(こん)請(せい) (konsei)
• 召(しょう)請(せい) (shōsei)
• 普(ふ)請(しん) (fushin)

Usage notes

The stroke order in Japanese differs slightly from Chinese, as shown.

Etymology

Kanji in this term
請
しょう Grade: S
goon

From Middle Chinese 請 (MC tshjengX).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょー [shóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[4]
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ː]

Noun

請(しょう) • (shō) ^{←しやう (syau)?}

1. request

References

1. “請”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
2. Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1979 (paper), page 1041 (digital)
3. Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 1128 (paper), page 577 (digital)
4. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

請 (eumhun 청할 청 (cheonghal cheong))

1. hanja form^? of 청 (“to ask; to beg; to request”)

Vietnamese

Han character

請: Hán Việt readings: thỉnh, tình, tính
請: Nôm readings: thảnh, thín, thinh

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