请
qǐng please, to invite
10 strokesTraditional 請
Where the shape comes from
Speech, 讠, with 青, blue-green, on the right for the sound. A request is something said.
讠speech
青sound
Write it
Watch the order first, then trace it with the guide, then write it from memory. The model comes back over your strokes so you can see where the shape drifted.
Press Watch to see the stroke order.
Stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi via Hanzi Writer, Arphic Public License.
Three words that use it
请问qǐngwènexcuse me, may I ask
请客qǐngkèto treat someone
请进qǐng jìnplease come in
Watch out
The mistake people make
It also means to invite and to pay for someone, so 我请你 is my treat, not please.
The traditional form
In Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau this character is written 請. It is the same word with the same sound and meaning. This course teaches the simplified form, and the traditional one is here so you recognise it when you see it.