哀求
āi qiú · HSK 7
to entreat
🙏 āi sounds like a sorrowful sigh + qiú means to request
The character 哀 means sorrow or grief, and 求 means to seek or request. Together they form a plea so desperate it carries grief in it — to beg with anguish.
求 — pictograph of a fur garment
求 originally depicted a fur coat or pelt, with hairs hanging from the sides. It was later borrowed phonetically to mean 'seek' or 'request,' and the original 'fur' meaning was taken over by 裘. Today 求 almost always means to seek, beg, or pursue.