Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

220 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: request, want, wish for, require, demand

Kunyomi: もと.める

Onyomi: キュウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: したみず

Meaning: water

Strokes: 5

Examples

Examples with audio

人(きゅうじん)   help wanted, position vacant

職(きゅうしょく)   job search

(よっきゅう)   desire [n.]

婚する(きゅうこんする)   propose (marriage)

する(ようきゅうする)   demand [v.t.]

する(せいきゅうする)   claim, request [v.t.]

する(ついきゅうする)   investigate, pursue

める(もとめる)   seek, request

Onyomi Examples

キュウショク job hunting, seeking employment

キュウケイ recommended sentence, prosecution's demand for punishment

身代金要 ミノシロキンヨウキュウ ransom demand

キキュウ longing, great desire, aspiration

キュウドウ seeking after truth

不得苦 グフトクク the pain of not getting what one seeks

ゴング inquiring the Buddha way

ゴング earnest aspiration (to go to paradise)

Kunyomi Examples

める もとめる to want, to wish for, to request, to demand, to require, to ask for, to seek, to search for, to look for, to pursue (pleasure), to hunt (a job), to purchase, to buy