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

求

  • Meaning

    求 means "to seek, to request, desire."

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

    2. Request - To ask for; to demand.

    3. Desire - To want; to wish for.

  • Words using 求

    • 要求 ようきゅう Listen demand; firm request; requisition
    • 請求 せいきゅう Listen claim; demand; charge
    • 求人 きゅうじん Listen recruiting; job offer; job vacancy
    • 求刑 きゅうけい Listen recommended sentence; prosecution's demand for punishment
    • 求心力 きゅうしんりょく Listen centripetal force; unifying force; cohesive power
    • 身代金要求 みのしろきんようきゅう Listen ransom demand
    • 請求権 せいきゅうけん Listen claim rights
    • 欲求 よっきゅう Listen desire; want; will

  • Four-character idioms with 求

    • 実事求是 じつじきゅうぜ Listen practical search for the truth
    • 欣求浄土 ごんぐじょうど Listen seeking rebirth in the Pure Land
    • 死中求活 しちゅうきゅうかつ Listen finding a way out of a potentially fatal situation; seeking a way out of a desperate situation
    • 求不得苦 ぐふとくく Listen the pain of not getting what one seeks
    • 苛斂誅求 かれんちゅうきゅう Listen exaction of heavy taxes; imposing oppressive taxes

  • Tattoo check: 求

    • Verified meaning: to seek, to request, desire
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read つとむ, もとみ, もとむ, もとめ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 求

    Given names 求(つとむ)Listen 求(もとみ)Listen 求(もとむ)Listen 求(もとめ)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    gu(グ) グ

    kyuu(キュウ) キュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    moto.meru(もと-める) もと-める

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    seek request desire long for yearn for demand appeal ask crave pursue search want need solicit implore

Sentences including 求

  • 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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