需
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Translingual
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Han character
需 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一月一月中 (MBMBL), four-corner 10227, composition ⿱⻗而)
Derived characters
- 儒, 嚅, 壖, 嬬, 孺, 嶿, 𢐰, 懦, 擩, 濡, 獳, 隭, 曘, 檽, 𭮥, 燸, 㹘, 瓀, 臑, 㽭, 𥀭, 𥌎, 𥎘, 𥐎, 礝, 𥜗, 穤, 䇕, 襦, 糯, 繻(𦈡), 羺, 蠕, 譳(𰶌), 䞕, 𫏧, 轜, 醹, 𥤃, 鑐(𰿂), 𩍥, 𫗜, 𩪰, 鱬(𱈗), 𪎱
- 𩆟, 𩴶, 𠟺, 𠧍, 𥀫, 𩆊, 䨲, 顬(颥), 𠣉, 䰰, 薷, 䰑, 𤻪, 𪋯, 𨷘, 𪴠
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1373, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42275
- Dae Jaweon: page 1883, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4062, character 2
- Unihan data for U+9700
Chinese
| trad. | 需 | |
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| simp. # | 需 | |
| alternative forms | 耎 𦓔 𩂉 | |
Glyph origin
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| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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In bronze inscriptions, ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : a person (天) under the rain (雨) – "to wait until the rain is over; to get wet", original character of 濡. The component 天 corrupted into 而 during the Han dynasty.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sî
- Eastern Min (BUC): sṳ̆
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1shiu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
- Tongyong Pinyin: syu
- Wade–Giles: hsü1
- Yale: syū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
- Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕy⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: seoi1
- Yale: sēui
- Cantonese Pinyin: soey1
- Guangdong Romanization: sêu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sî
- Hakka Romanization System: xiˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: xi1
- Sinological IPA: /si²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: sṳ̆
- Sinological IPA (key): /sy⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su
- Tâi-lô: su
- Phofsit Daibuun: sw
- IPA (Quanzhou): /su³³/
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si
- Tâi-lô: si
- Phofsit Daibuun: sy
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: su1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: su
- Sinological IPA (key): /su³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: sju
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-no/
- (Zhengzhang): /*sno/
Definitions
需
- to await
- to need; to require
- necessaries; necessities
- should; ought to; must
- fifth hexagram of the I Ching
Usage notes
For the sense of "need", this word is frequently mistaken with 須／须 (xū). 需 is usually followed by a noun while 須／须 is usually followed by a verb or an adverb.
Compounds
References
- “需”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04476
Japanese
Kanji
需
Readings
- Go-on: す (su)
- Kan-on: しゅ (shu)
- Kan’yō-on: じゅ (ju, Jōyō)
- Kun: もとめる (motomeru, 需める)、ぬれる (nureru)、まつ (matsu)
Korean
Hanja
需 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
需: Hán Nôm readings: nhu[1][2][3]