求 : Request

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Components:

氺丶

request, want, wish for, require, demand

On 'yomi:

キュウ(kyuu) グ(gu)

Kun 'yomi:

もと.める(moto.meru)

Strokes:	7
Radical:	氵 (85)
Usage Rating:	220

JLPT:	N3
old JLPT:	2
Grade:	4

Unicode:	06c42
jis208:	21-65

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求 Usage examples

購求(こうきゅう)	purchase
追い求める(おいもとめる) 追求める(おいもとめる)	to pursue
祈り求める(いのりもとめる)	to pray for
活を求める(かつをもとめる)	to try to find a way out
幸福を求める(こうふくをもとめる)	to seek happiness, to pursue happiness
欣求浄土(ごんぐじょうど)	seeking rebirth in the Pure Land
尋ね求める(たずねもとめる)	to seek for
比を求める(ひをもとめる)	to obtain the ratio
求めに応じる(もとめにおうじる)	to answer a request
直接請求(ちょくせつせいきゅう)	direct claim to a local government
利潤追求(りじゅんついきゅう)	pursuit of profits, profit-seeking
欣求(ごんぐ)	earnest aspiration (to go to paradise)
化学的酸素要求量(かがくてきさんそようきゅうりょう)	chemical oxygen demand, COD
株式買取請求権(かぶしきかいとりせいきゅうけん)	right of demand for buying shares
概算要求基準(がいさんようきゅうきじゅん)	budgetary request guidelines, ceiling for budget requests
求職申し込み(きゅうしょくもうしこみ)	job application
求人市場(きゅうじんいちば)	job market
求人情報誌(きゅうじんじょうほうし)	job magazine
身代金要求(みのしろきんようきゅう)	ransom demand
損害請求(そんがいせいきゅう)	damage claim
要求払い預金(ようきゅうはらいよきん)	demand deposit
論告求刑(ろんこくきゅうけい)	closing argument and sentencing recommendation (of a prosecutor)
毛里求斯(マウリチウス)	Mauritius
木に縁って魚を求む(きによってうおをもとむ)	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)
苛斂誅求(かれんちゅうきゅう)	imposing exacting (crushing, oppressive) taxes
死中求活(しちゅうきゅうかつ)	finding a way out of a potentially fatal situation, seeking a way out of a desperate situation
住民監査請求(じゅうみんかんさせいきゅう)	resident audit request to local government authority
至上要求(しじょうようきゅう)	overriding necessity, absolute requirement, an absolute must
訴求効果(そきゅうこうか)	customer appeal, the power to appeal to customers
請求記号(せいきゅうきごう)	call number (e.g. of a book in a library)
二十一箇条要求(にじゅういっかじょうようきゅう)	The Twenty-One Demands
木に縁りて魚を求む(きによりてうおをもとむ)	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
求積法(きゅうせきほう)	stereometry
求肥飴(ぎゅうひあめ)	type of soft Japanese confectionery made with rice flour (somewhat similar to Turkish delight)
求肥(ぎゅうひ)	type of soft Japanese confectionery made with rice flour (somewhat similar to Turkish delight)
逮捕許諾請求(たいほきょだくせいきゅう)	request to arrest a member of parliament while still in session