to beg

= 𠂉 + : The beggar gives the Queen of Hearts her key which he found. As a reward, she awards him a silver medal, pronouncing him second grade knight of the royal court.

乞 character breakdown

second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105°

Who's second always gets a silver medal.

Maud Younger is proudly holding her silver medal in the camera.

The character 乙 actually looks like the character 2.
turning stroke (in Chinese characters) / see also 折[zhe2]
Character component without intrinsic meaning

𠂉 = 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: 𠂉 looks like a key.

Imagine a banana you can't open without putting a key into each of the holes of a flute which is painted on its peel.
turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka 折[zhe2]

Characters with 乞 as component

surname Gan

= + : Guy Fawkes is drying his clothes in front of the anthill. He hangs them on a large construction made from a cross and a flute. Waiting for his clothes to dry, he heats some dried fruits.
dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder
dry / clean / in vain / dried food / foster / adoptive / to ignore

= + : Guy Fawkes is drying his clothes in front of the anthill. He hangs them on a large construction made from a cross and a flute. Waiting for his clothes to dry, he heats some dried fruits.
to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])

= + : Charlie Chaplin and the beggar are floating in front of the space station. Charlie Chaplin is very hungry and begs the beggar to hand over the beggar's mandarin.
variant of 吃[chi1]

= + : Charlie Chaplin and the beggar are floating in front of the space station. Charlie Chaplin is very hungry and begs the beggar to hand over the beggar's mandarin.
as yet / until

= + : Every day the beggar (乞) is begging (乞) the Queen of Hearts (qi) to give him a new pair of gladiator sandals (辶), but up to now (迄) the Queen of Hearts didn't give it to him.
high and steep
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven / male principle / ☰ / ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
surname Qian
variant of 乾[qian2]
old variant of 乾[qian2]
finished
(phonetic)

Words with 乞

to beg / to go begging
to beg for pity
to sue for peace
begging for pity and asking for help (idiom)
to beg forgiveness
to beg for a loan
tribe of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people
to request permission to resign from an official position (old)

Sentences with 乞

乞 currently does not appear in any sentence.