求

Translingual

Han character

求 (radical 85 水+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 戈十水 (IJE), four-corner 4313₂)

1. seek
2. demand, request
3. beseech

References

• KangXi: page 604, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17105
• Dae Jaweon: page 998, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1547, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6C42

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Cantonese

Hanzi

求 (Yale kau4)

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Japanese

Kanji

求 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: もとめる (motomeru)

Compounds

求人

請求

要求

求愛

Proper noun

求 (hiragana もとむ, romaji Motomu)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

求 (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune-Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

求 (pinyin pà (pa4), qiú (qiu2), Wade-Giles p'a⁴, ch'iu²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

求 (cầu, cù)