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需

demand, request, need

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 1,000Strokes14

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

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  • 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

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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.