# 求 — Request

Frequency rank 409 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 姿 (Figure), less common than 管 (Pipe).

- On’yomi: きゅう
- Kun’yomi: もと
- Radical: 水 Water (Kangxi 85)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

On the ground (一), water (水) pools together — everyone gathers at the water hole, each one making a request for their share.

In words:

- 求める もとめる — to seek,to request,to demand,to want,to wish for,to search for,to pursue (pleasure),to hunt (a job),
- 要求 ようきゅう — request,demand,requisition
- 請求 せいきゅう — claim,demand,application,request

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