to request; to ask; request (CL:個|个[ge4])
请 (qǐng) · 10 strokes
Simplified form of 請. Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 青 represents the sound.
求 (qiú) · 7 strokes
Pictograph of a crawling insect. The current meaning "seek" or "beg" is a phonetic loan.