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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Chinese

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiú, pà (qiu², pa⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ, ㄆㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): khiù
• Min Nan (POJ): kiû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'iu²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyou
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: pà
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄚˋ
    • Wade-Giles: p'a⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pah
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰa̠⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau⁴
    • Yale: kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiù
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /kʰi̯u¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiû
    • Tâi-lô: kiû
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiu²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (求, reconstructed)
Character (求), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 群 (30) Final: 尤 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 巨鳩切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɡɨu/	/gi̯ə̯u/	/ɡiu/	/ɡiu/	/guw/	/ɡĭəu/	/ɡiəu/

Old Chinese pronunciation (求, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
求								qiú								‹ gjuw ›								/*[ɡ](r)u/								seek
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
求					10560					求					幽					1					𧚍					/*ɡu/					說文作裘古文，甲文爲蛷初文與裘大異

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Japanese

Kanji

求

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: ぐ (gu)
• Kan’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 (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune-Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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Vietnamese

Hán tự

求 (cầu)

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