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求

求

Translingual

Han character

求 (radical 85 水+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 戈十水 (IJE), four-corner 43132)

See also

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 求

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 求
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (求) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
救 *kus
求 *ɡu
球 *ɡu
逑 *ɡu
賕 *ɡu
蛷 *ɡu
莍 *ɡu
殏 *ɡu
梂 *ɡu
俅 *ɡu
脙 *ɡu, *qʰu
絿 *ɡu
銶 *ɡu
毬 *ɡu
捄 *ɡu, *ko
觩 *ɡu

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 求
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 巨鳩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡɨu/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡiu/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /guw/
Li
Rong		 /ɡiu/
Wang
Li		 /ɡĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qiú
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 求
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 qiú
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ gjuw ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ɡ](r)u/
English 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 求
Reading # 1/1
No. 10560
Phonetic
component		 求
Rime
group		 幽
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 𧚍
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡu/
Notes 說文作裘古文，甲文爲蛷初文與裘大異

Definitions

求

  1. to seek; to look for
    求《月亮代表我的心》的歌詞 [MSC, trad.]
    求《月亮代表我的心》的歌词 [MSC, simp.]
    qiú "Yuèliàng Dàibiǎo Wǒ de Xīn" de gēcí [Pinyin]
    looking for the lyrics to "The Moon Represents My Heart"
  2. to beg; to request; to implore
    求他別走 / 求他别走  ―  qiú tā bié zǒu  ―  begged for him to not leave
  3. to request; to ask for
  4. to require; to demand
  5. to covet; to seek (fame, riches)
  6. to attract
  7. A surname​.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

求

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

Proper noun

求 ‎(hiragana もとむ, romaji Motomu)

  1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

求 • ‎(gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune-Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

求 (cầu)

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