The kanji 需: meaning, readings and stroke order

需

Meaning: demand, need
On reading: ジュ ju
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 14
Radical: 雨 rain
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cần, nhu cầu (nhu)
Japanese: もとめる。ひつよう。
Korean: 구하다, 필요 (수·유)
Chinese: 需要

Readings, words and example sentences

ジュ ju · on reading

需じゅ要よう
demand (how much is needed)
夏は水の 需じゅ要ようが増えます。
In summer, the demand for water goes up.

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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.