Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    longing; strong desire; aspiration

    Formal or literary term

Also written 冀求【ききゅう】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal

Kun
まれこいねが.う
On
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N2
Frequency
896 of 2500
Radical
turban
WaniKani
Level 14

Built from

Used in names as

のぞのぞみ

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-2-5, 3-4-3, 4-7-4SKIP code
3f4.1The Kanji Dictionary
4022.7Four corner code
2944deroo
5e0cUnicode hex code
1-20-85JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1470Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1553New Nelson (John Haig)
2049New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2543Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1294Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1763Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1489Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1602Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
798A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
445Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
823Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
8813Morohashi
447A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
676Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
689Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
575sakade
495Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
470henshall3
477Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
888Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
559Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1501Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xi1Pinyin reading
heuiKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
14WaniKani level
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

Built from

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