需
demand, request, need
Readings
On'yomi
- ジュ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
需 centers on a strong want that must be satisfied: a demand, a request, or a pressing need.
Most common words using 需
20 of 58- 需要じゅようN3
demand; need
- 必需ひつじゅ
necessary
- 軍需ぐんじゅ
munitions; military stores
- 需給じゅきゅう
supply and demand
- 特需とくじゅ
emergency demands; special procurement (particularly in time of war)
- 内需ないじゅ
domestic demand
- 外需がいじゅ
foreign demand
- 実需じつじゅ
actual demand; user demand
- 民需みんじゅ
private demand
- 必需品ひつじゅひんN2
necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials
- 交換需要こうかんじゅよう
demand for replacement; request for replacement; need for replacement
- 仮需要かりじゅよう
imaginary demand; demand caused by speculation; speculative demand
- 内需主導型ないじゅしゅどうがた
domestic demand-led recovery
- 内需型ないじゅがた
domestic demand-based
- 内需拡大ないじゅかくだい
expansion of domestic demand
- 国内需要こくないじゅよう
domestic demand
- 官需かんじゅ
official demand
- 巣ごもり需要すごもりじゅよう
stay-at-home demand (e.g. during the COVID-19 pandemic)
- 応需おうじゅ
responding to a demand; answering a request
- 最終需要さいしゅうじゅよう
final demand
Study
Etymology
需 combines 雨 (rain) with 而, which likely contributes the sound and may have originally suggested a soft, yielding quality. The exact historical development is uncertain, but the character came to express the idea of needing or demanding.
Meaning mnemonic
Rain 雨 falls on a person 而 who is waiting with an open mouth, desperately demanding water to quench their need.
Reading mnemonic
For ジュ, imagine a person demanding juice: juice -> ジュ, and they need it right now under the rain.