request, want, wish for, require, demand
求
Readings:
kyuu, gu, moto.meru
Main radical: 水 (85) Radicals:
Strokes: 7 Jouyou: 4 JIS: 13665
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追求 tsuikyuu (1)pursuing (goal), pursuit, seeking, search, (vs) (2)to pursue (e.g. goal), to seek mix
求める motomeru (1)to want/to wish for/ (2)to request/to demand/ (3)to seek/to search for/to pursue (pleasure)/to hunt (a job)/ (4)(pol) to purchase/to buy/(P) ichidan, verb, vtrans
木に縁って魚を求む kiniyotteuowomotomu (id) to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method, to ask for the impossible, to look for fish by climbing a tree (Mencius)baka
希求 kikyuu aspiring to, seek, demand, ask forsuru
請求書 seikyuusho bill, job invoicemix
欲求 yokkyuu desiresuru
欲求不満 yokkyuufuman frustrationemo
祈り求める inorimotomeru to pray forichidan, verb