Entry
  1. V2m S, Transitive verb

    to want; to wish for

    often now as ...(を)求むsee 求める

    求人広告には「女性を求む」とはっきり書かれていた。
    The job advertisement specifically requested females.
  2. to request; to demand

    Archaicsee 求める

  3. to seek; to search for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job)

    Archaicsee 求める

  4. to purchase; to buy

    Polite (teineigo) languageArchaicsee 求める

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

request, want, wish for, require, demand

Kun
もと.める
On
キュウ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
220 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 10

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Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-7-3SKIP code
2b5.5The Kanji Dictionary
4313.2Four corner code
1442deroo
6c42Unicode hex code
1-21-65JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
137Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3036New Nelson (John Haig)
3550New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4365Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2210Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2974Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
934Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1004Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
332A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
537Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
584Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17105Morohashi
455A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
724Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
737Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
583sakade
664Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
478henshall3
478Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
297crowley
933Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1155Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
943Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qiu2Pinyin reading
guKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level