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Kanji Detail for 求 - "seek, request, desire"

  • Meaning

    求 means "seek, request, desire."

    1. Seek - To search for; to look for.

    2. Request - To ask for; to demand.

    3. Desire - To want; to wish for.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    request; want; wish for; require; demand

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    seek; demand, request; beseech

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to seek; to request, to demand; to beseech, to beg for

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To seek. All cases of exhausting one's efforts to obtain something are called 求. As in searching (搜求), researching (研求), and the like. | Similar to demand. Setting a standard and demanding compliance. | To beg. As in seeking rescue (求救). | Greed. The Book of Odes says: "Neither envious nor greedy" (不忮不求), meaning having neither jealousy nor greed.
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Sentences including

  • He does not speak unless he is asked to.

  • He lives for nothing but pleasure.

  • She demanded one above the necessity.

  • He screamed for help.

  • You have only to ask for his help.

  • She refused to do what they wanted.

  • Why don't you ask your teacher for advice?

  • You must not give way to those demands.

  • There is no need to call in their assistance.

  • She is seeking my advice.

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