Wiktionary

求

求 U 6C42, 求
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C42
← 汁
[U 6C41] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 汃 →
[U 6C43]

Translingual

edit
Stroke order
 

Han character

edit

求 (Kangxi radical 85, 水 2, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈十水 (IJE), four-corner 43132, composition ⿺⿻一氺丶)

Descendants

edit

References

edit
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 604, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17105
  • Dae Jaweon: page 998, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1547, character 8
  • Unihan data for U 6C42

Chinese

edit
simp. and trad.
 求
alternative forms 㐤

Glyph origin

edit
Historical forms of the character 求
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       
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

Pictogram (象形) of a centipede. Original form of 蛷 (OC *ɡu).

Etymology

edit

Likely cognate with 救 (OC *kus, “to save, help”), Burmese ကူ (ku, “to help”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

edit
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
Baxter gjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡɨu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡiu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/guw/
Li
Rong 		/ɡiu/
Wang
Li 		/ɡĭəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/gi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qiú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		kau4
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

edit

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

Synonyms

edit
  • (to seek):
  • (to beg):

Compounds

edit

Japanese

edit

Kanji

edit
求

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. request, wish

Readings

edit

Compounds

edit
Compounds

Proper noun

edit

求(もとむ) • (Motomu) 

  1. a male given name

Korean

edit

Hanja

edit

求 (eumhun 구할 구 (guhal gu))

  1. hanja form? of 구 (“request, wish”)

Compounds

edit

Vietnamese

edit

Han character

edit

求: Hán Nôm readings: cầu

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=求&oldid=81769584"