求

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

Translingual

Han character

求 (radical 85, 水+2, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈十水 (IJE), four-corner 43132)

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
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) - fur coat.

Jiajie (假借) - The character was subsequently borrowed for a near-homophone meaning "to request", and the original meaning came to be represented by 裘 (OC *ɡʷɯ).

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)

  1. request, wish

Readings

Compounds

Proper noun

求 (hiragana もとむ, rōmaji 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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