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請 means 'beg'

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Strokes : 15    Frequency: 1082   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-11    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 54 words   Used in 132 words   Used in 62 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   セイ   シン
Kun
   こう to beg, ask for   うける to obtain
Additional readings
On    ショウ
Name    うけ
Variants
请 (Chinese)  
Components
⿰  言 say; word  青 blue  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 請 is used 8 times, read 4 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 請 is used 111 times, read 5 ways (with 3 variations).
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セイ : 54 words FIND ALL
し ん せ い 0
application; request; petition
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ショウ : 8 words FIND ALL
ふ し ょ う ぶ し ょ う 4
Most common form: 不承不承
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly  (yojijukugo)
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シン : 6 words FIND ALL
ふ し ん 0
1. building; construction
2. group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
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ショウ (read as じょう) : 2 words FIND ALL
1. praying for the coming of a deity
2. ceremonial transfer of a divided tutelary deity to a new location  (see also: 分霊)
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うける : 24 words FIND ALL
し た う け 0
1. subcontract
noun
2. subcontractor (person or company)
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うける (read as うけ) : 9 words FIND ALL
も と う け 0
noun
prime contract work; prime contractor
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こう : 7 words FIND ALL
こ う 1
Godan verb with `u' ending (special class), transitive verb
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
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こう (read as ご) : 1 word FIND ALL
あ ま ご い 0
praying for rain
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An additional one less common word includes 請 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1479  Joy o' Kanji : 1479  Key to Kanji: - 

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請
セイ   シン   こう to beg, ask for   うける to obtain   
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青
セイ   ショウ   あお-    あおい blue   
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龶
シュ   ぬし    あるじ master, proprietor, owner   
⺝
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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