The kanji 求: meaning, readings and stroke order

求

Meaning: seek, ask for
On reading: キュウ kyuu
Kun reading: もと（める） motomeru
Strokes: 7
Radical: 水 water
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tìm, đòi hỏi (cầu)
Japanese: もとめる。ほしがる。
Korean: 구하다, 바라다 (구)
Chinese: 寻求、要求

Readings, words and example sentences

キュウ kyuu · on reading

要よう求きゅう
demand, strong request
みんなが強く 要よう求きゅうします。
Everyone strongly asks for it.

もと（める） motomeru · kun reading

求もとめる
to find (an answer), to look for
式を立てて答えを 求もとめます。
I set up an equation and find the answer.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.