漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
求: request, want
Also: wish for, require, demand
JLPT N37 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
氺 and 丶 carry the meaning
7 strokes
Oracle bone · Shang Today
Oracle bone: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
キュウkyuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 求人きゅうじんhelp wanted, position vacant
- 求職きゅうしょくjob search
- 欲求よっきゅうdesire [n.]
- 求婚するきゅうこんするpropose (marriage)
- 要求するようきゅうするdemand [v.t.]
- 請求するせいきゅうするclaim, request [v.t.]
- 追求するついきゅうするinvestigate, pursue
もとめるmotomeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 求めるもとめるseek, request
Also read グ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Pictogram (象形)
Pictogram (象形) of a centipede. Original form of 蛷.
Source: Wiktionary, 求 (rev. 92701689), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Water (氺) + a furs/clothes variant. Originally depicted an animal's "pelt" being washed in "water," eventually evolving to mean "seeking" or "demanding" something essential.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · qiú
Same form: 求 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 求 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 求 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qiú most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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