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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- qing3
- English meanings
- request, ask (a favor), engage, hire (teacher/etc.), Please...
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 讠; right 青.
Meaning & sound clues
讠 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “speech”.
青 is identified as the sound component (qīng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 请.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
incline; pour
celebrate; congratulate
mood
lift; raise
clear
hydrogen
pure
light; gentle
easy
blue
area unit; just now
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 敬请
- 申请
- 聘请
- 请假
- 请坐
- 请客
- 请帖
- 请教
- 请柬
- 请求
- 请进
- 请问
- 邀请