Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    beggar; begging

    その男は一軒ごとに物乞いをしてまわった。
    The man went begging from door to door.

Also written 物ごい【ものごい】、もの乞い【ものごい】、モノ乞い【モノごい】、物乞【ものごい】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

thing, object, matter

Kun
もの、もの-
On
ブツ、モツ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
215 of 2500
Radical
cow
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-4-4SKIP code
4g4.2The Kanji Dictionary
2752.0Four corner code
2451deroo
7269Unicode hex code
1-42-10JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2857Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3538New Nelson (John Haig)
874New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1084Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
587Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
777Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1050Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1129Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
126A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
611Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
74Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19959Morohashi
387A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
79Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
79Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
313sakade
214Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
410henshall3
313Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
95crowley
321Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
1290Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1059Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wu4Pinyin reading
mulKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

beg, invite, ask

Kun
こ.う
On
コツ、キツ、キ、キケ、コチ
Strokes
3
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
2478 of 2500
Radical
second

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (18)
CodeReference
2-2-1, 2-2-2SKIP code
0a3.4The Kanji Dictionary
8071.7Four corner code
2356deroo
4e5eUnicode hex code
1-24-80JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
262Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
59New Nelson (John Haig)
1961New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2457Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1707Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
462Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
501Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
170Morohashi
1020Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
472Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qi3Pinyin reading
geol, giKorean reading