需

需 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一月一月中 (MBMBL), four-corner 1022₇, composition ⿱⻗而)

• 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

• 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

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

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.

需

1. to await
2. to need; to require
3. necessaries; necessities
4. should; ought to; must
5. fifth hexagram of the I Ching

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.

• “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

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. demand
2. request
3. need

• 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)

需 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)

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需: Hán Nôm readings: nhu[1][2][3]

1. need; necessity