吁请
yù​qǐng

implore

吁 xū, yù interjection 'Alas!' Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 于 represents the sound. Simplified form of 籲.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
于
于 Sound component
yú at

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjuqʷʰ(r)apained
Zhengzhangqʰʷa
ɢʷas
Unicodexio

說文解字

驚也。从口于聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

请 qǐng please Simplified

Simplified form of 請. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 青 represents the sound.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

青
青 Sound component
qīng green or blue

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

籲 yù appeal Traditional

To beg 龥 by playing a bamboo flute ⺮ ; 龥 also provides the pronunciation

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo
龥
龥 SoundMeaning component
yù beg

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglos

說文解字

《說文》：“，呼也。从頁，籥聲，讀與籥同。《商書》曰：‘率眾戚。’”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

請 qǐng please Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 青 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
青
青 Sound component
qīng green or blue

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzjengm-tsʰeŋ request, invite
tshjengX[tsʰ]eŋʔ request

說文解字

《說文》：“請，謁也。从言，青聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)