需 (xū): meaning and stroke order
需 (xū) means to require, to need, to want, necessity, need.
需
- Simplified
- 需
- Traditional
- 需 (same form)
- Pinyin
- xū
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Stroke order of 需
需
- xū to require; to need
- 14 strokes
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Meaning of 需
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xū
- to require
- to need
- to want
- necessity
- need
Radical and structure
- 需
- Radical 雨 (Kangxi radical 173) · 14 strokes · 雨 on top, 而 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 需
- 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).