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Kanji Detail for 需 - "to require, to hesitate"
需
- Meaning
需 means "to require, to hesitate."
To require - Need; to need; to request what is lacking.
To hesitate - Not to proceed; to be undecided.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
demand; request; need
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
need, require, must; hexagram ䷄
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to require; to need; to want; necessity; need
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to need, to require; must
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To require. As in waiting for each other is called 相需. | To use. As in 軍需 (military supplies), 餉需 (provisions). | To hesitate. The Zuo Commentary says: "Hesitation is the thief of affairs." Meaning delay is most harmful to matters.
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