The Chinese Radical: 乞


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to beg    乞

Explanation Top: horizontal person , below: odd/fine/grade B/2nd (There lies an oddly nice but second rated beggar.)

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
to eat, to have a meal, to absorb
chī
Left: mouth , right: to beg (There lies [= a lying person ] a disadvantaged [= from the second class of society] and begs) (second = two written quickly)
It's for the mouth when you beg for sth. to eat.
JLPT HSK 6
to beg

Top: lying person as a person that is horizontal, below: at 2nd position (two written quickly without lifting the pen.)
There lies a disadvantaged person (= from the second class of the society): a beggar.
JLPT HSK 6
as yet, until now, to date

Left: movement , right: to beg (There lies a disadvantaged [from the second = class of society] and begs. [ = lying person ]
The movements of the beggars refer to the: "until now" or the "as yet".
JLPT HSK 6
pimple, rash, wart, pustule, swelling of the skin

Left: disease (An ice--cold building 广 makes sick), right: to beg (There lies a disadvantaged [= from the second [=two ] class of society] and begs) [ = lying person ]
The disease of a lying beggar is: rash.
JLPT no HSK
high and steep, to tower

Left: mountain , right: to beg (There lies a disadvantaged [from the second = class of society] and begs. [ = lying person ]
The mountain begs that it wants to be: high and steep.

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