籲 (yù)

to appeal, to request; to beg, to implore

Etymology

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

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》:“,呼也。从頁,籥聲,讀與籥同。《商書》曰:‘率眾戚。’”

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