Pictograph of a person standing under the rain (雨), representing the meaning "become wet", now written as 濡. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The person component was later replaced with the phonetic component 而.
Components
雨 Iconic component
yǔ rain
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Historical Evolution
需
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
需
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
需
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
需
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
需
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
需
Regular
Modern
Chinese
需 [xū]
to require; to need; to want; necessity; need
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
需 まつ
Matsu given name
需 もとむ
Motomu given name
需 もとめ
Motome given name
CHINESE WORDS (39)
需要 [xūyào] #101
to need
需求 [xūqiú] #5,410
requirement
无需 [wúxū] #11,923
needless
无需 [wúxū] #11,923
needless
急需 [jíxū] #7,857
to urgently need
必需 [bìxū] #5,367
to need
供需 [gōngxū] #45,245
supply and demand
必需品 [bìxūpǐn] #15,170
necessity
军需 [jūnxū] #24,274
military supplies
军需 [jūnxū] #24,274
military supplies
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JAPANESE WORDS (58)
⭐ 需要 [じゅよう] #7,812
demand
⭐ 必需品 [ひつじゅひん] #31,132
necessities
求め [もとめ] #37,879
request
生活必需品 [せいかつひつじゅひん] #40,004
daily (living) necessities
⭐ 軍需 [ぐんじゅ] #47,738
munitions
需要と供給 [じゅようときょうきゅう] #48,127
supply and demand
⭐ 特需 [とくじゅ] #70,973
emergency demands
軍需産業 [ぐんじゅさんぎょう] #74,848
munitions industry
軍需品 [ぐんじゅひん] #81,728
munitions
⭐ 需給 [じゅきゅう] #83,673
supply and demand
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