This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: コツ、キツ、キ、キケ、コチ、こ.う
Romaji: kotsu, kitsu, ki, kike, kochi, ko.u
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

beg, invite, ask

Stroke Diagram

123

Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  3
Radical Number:  5
Frequency:  2478
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-2-1
Korean Reading:  gi
Chinese Reading:  qi3
Unicode:  4e5e
JIS:  3870

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1961
Nelson Index: 262
New Nelson Index: 59
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a3.4
Four Corner Index: 8071.7
Daikanwanjiten Index: 170
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 1.0388
Remembering the kanji Index: 462
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1707
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 472
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 501
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2457
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2356

Words

乞食 (こじき、こつじき)
beggar; begging
雨乞い (あまごい)
praying for rain
陪堂 (ほいとう、ほいと)
being served food outside the meditation hall (at a Zen temple); serving food; food served; begging; beggar
伊勢乞食 (いせこじき)
beggars at Ise Grand Shrine (expression used to deride stingy people from Ise)
一夜乞食 (いちやこじき)
person turned into a beggar overnight
請う (こう)
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
命乞い (いのちごい)
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
乞丐 (こつがい、かたい、かったい、きっかい)
beggar; bum
請い (こい)
request; entreaty
物乞い (ものごい)
beggar; begging
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