需 - xū - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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HSK 3 - Medium
14 strokes
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需

xū

Definition

to require
to need
to want
necessity
need

Character Decomposition

Compounds (20)

scholar; Confucian

glutinous rice; sticky rice

dilatory; to moisten

child

imbecile; timid

to squirm; to wiggle; to wriggle; Taiwan pr. [ruan3]

chattering

jacket; short coat

fine silk

color of the sun; dark

Elshotria paltrini

biceps (in Chinese medicine); (arch.) forelimbs of livestock animal

to stain; to dye

land on water edge or under wall

颥

rú

see 顳顬|颞颥, temple (the sides of human head)

鑐

xū

bolt of a Chinese lock

opaque; white quartz

strong (of wine)

angry dog

mistress, concubine; weak

Related words (23)

需求

xū qiú

requirement; to require; (economics) demand

需要

xū yào

to demand; to need; to require; requirement; to want

需求层次理论

xū qiú céng cì lǐ lùn

(Maslow's) hierarchy of needs (psychology)

supply and demand

domestic demand

military material

to need; to require; essential; indispensable

急需

jí xū

to urgently need; urgent need

所需

suǒ xū

necessary (for); required

按需

àn xū

on demand; according to demand

needless

special need; particular requirement

必需品

bì xū pǐn

necessity; essential (thing)

aggregate demand

without needing (to so sth)

inessential

a possible period of want or need

基本需要

jī běn xū yào

basic necessity; fundamental need

publishing on demand

distribution according to need

化学需氧量

huà xué xū yǎng liàng

chemical oxygen demand (an environmental indicator)

life's necessities

aggregate social demand; total requirement of society

Idioms (1)

各取所需

gè qǔ suǒ xū

each takes what he needs (idiom)

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