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求

Level IV of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 409 / 2,608

Request

On’yomi
きゅう
Kun’yomi
もと
Radical
水 Water (Kangxi 85)

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 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),N3
要求 ようきゅう request,demand,requisitionN3
請求 せいきゅう claim,demand,application,requestN3

求 is rank 409 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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