乞
コツ, キツ, キ, キケ, コチ, こ.う

beg, invite, ask

JLPT0 G7 S3 F2478

Originally, the same character as 乙 (vapors rising and hitting a blocking element; compare 气). *Request* and *beg* are borrowed meanings (compare 匃).

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