Entry
  1. Noun

    being served food outside the meditation hall (at a Zen temple)

    Archaic

  2. serving food; food served

    Archaic

  3. begging; beggar

    Archaic

Also written 乞児【ほいと】乞食【ほいと】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

obeisance, follow, accompany, attend on

On
バイ
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1917 of 2500
Radical
mound
WaniKani
Level 58

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
2d8.3The Kanji Dictionary
7026.1Four corner code
3677deroo
966aUnicode hex code
1-39-70JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5002Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6458New Nelson (John Haig)
539New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
655Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
395Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
492Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1299Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1396Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2040A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1693Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41680Morohashi
1691A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1943Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2131Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1871Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1499Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1641Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
739Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1308Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
pei2Pinyin reading
baeKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
58WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

public chamber, hall

On
ドウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N4
Frequency
1010 of 2500
Radical
earth
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-5-6SKIP code
3n8.4The Kanji Dictionary
9010.4Four corner code
1072deroo
5802Unicode hex code
1-38-18JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1365Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1037New Nelson (John Haig)
2589New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3202Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1656Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2246Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
798Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
861Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
662A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1462Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
358Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5207Morohashi
557A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
496Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
505Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
486sakade
144Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
584henshall3
573Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
709Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.6busy_people
355Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
806Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
tang2Pinyin reading
dangKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level