Chinese Character Wiki
丐

gài

beggar

Original meaning: 

cut

Depicts the blade of a knife. Similar in origin to 亡 and 方. Based on the original meaning "cut". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Evolution

丐 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
丐 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
丐 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
丐 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
丐 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
丐 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

丐  

gài

beggar; beg; give; to beg for alms

丐 (匃) 

gài

variant of 丐[gài]

Most common words with 丐
Freq.
Word
Meaning

乞丐

beggar

丐

beggar

丐帮

beggars' union

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

鈣 钙

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.4256% of movies

3126th most common character in movies

2606th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Traditional

匃

Unicode

U+4E10


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