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乞 means 'beg'

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Strokes : 3    Frequency: 1875   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-34    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 17 words   Used in 29 words   Used in 22 names   Component in 15 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
Kun
   こう to beg, request
Additional readings
On    コツ   キツ   キ   キケ   コチ
Components
⿱  𠂉 (人) man  乙 second  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 乞 is used 2 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 乞 is used 25 times, read 3 ways (with 3 variations).
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コツ : 1 word FIND ALL
ぎ ょ う こ つ 0 ぎ ょ う こ つ 1
noun
going on an alms round (for food); going begging (for food); going to ask for alms of food; pindacara  (Buddhist term)
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コツ (read as こっ) : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
bhikkhu (fully ordained Buddhist monk)  (see also: 比丘; obscure term)
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キ : 1 word FIND ALL
き こ う で ん 2
noun
Festival to Plead for Skills (progenitor festival of Tanabata)  (see also: 七夕)
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こう : 17 words FIND ALL
こ じ き 0
noun
1. beggar  (sensitive)
2. begging
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こう (read as ご) : 4 words FIND ALL
い の ち ご い 0
Most common form: 命ごい
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
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こう (read as こう) : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
with the author's compliments
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An additional 4 less common words include 乞 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: -  Joy o' Kanji : 2008  Key to Kanji: - 

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乞
こう to beg, request   
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乙
オツ    #2, second, B; fish hook   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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