求
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Han character[edit]
求 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+2, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈十水 (IJE), four-corner 43132, composition ⿺⿻一氺丶)
Descendants[edit]
- 𫡨 俅 𠗈 𡌋 㛏 㞗 㟈 㤹 捄 浗 𤞰 逑 梂 殏 𬊋 𤕾 𤗂 𤙠 球 毬 脙 𥆿 𥒸 𥙹 𥟇 𥪆 𫃁 絿 蛷 觩 𧧷 賕(赇) 𧻱 䟵 𫵣 銶(𨱇) 𩗕 𮩢 𮪅 𩰻 𩳞 鯄(𩾁) 𪌵
- 㐜 𠡟 𠂃 䣇 𫻲 救 𣪋 𣭳 皳 𬇶 𭱉 𩒮 𩣗 𪁖(𪉌) 𨘑 𡌊 𪪵 𢚡 𤈿 𤥲 盚 𧋛 裘 𨁛 𩛰 𧒔 𡨃 莍 𥥽 𥭑 𢈝 𤶩 𧗷 𧚍 䥭
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 604, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17105
- Dae Jaweon: page 998, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1547, character 8
- Unihan data for U+6C42
Chinese[edit]
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Glyph origin[edit]
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| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
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Pictogram (象形) - fur coat.
Jiajie (假借) - The character was subsequently borrowed for a near-homophone meaning "to request", and the original meaning came to be represented by 裘 (OC *ɡʷɯ).
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
求
- to seek; to look for
- to beg; to request; to implore
- to request; to ask for
- to require; to demand
- to covet; to seek (fame, riches)
- 不忮不求，何用不臧。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Bù zhì bù qiú, hé yòng bùzāng. [Pinyin]
- He hates none; he covets nothing; -What does he which is not good?
- to attract
- a surname.
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 求
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
求
Readings[edit]
- Go-on: ぐ (gu)
- Kan-on: きゅう (kyū, Jōyō)←きう (kiu, historical)
- Kun: もとめる (motomeru, 求める, Jōyō); もとむ (motomu, 求む); まぐ (magu, 求ぐ)
Compounds[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- A male given name
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
Compounds[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
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