需

Information about character(s)

Radical: 雨
Radical Strokes: 8
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 14

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xū, nuò, rú, ruǎn
Cantonese: seoi1
JapaneseKun: NURERU MATSU MOTOMERU
JapaneseOn: JU
Korean: SWU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: need, require, must

CE-Dict: to require/to need/to want/necessity/need

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to need
2.need; necessity

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: necessaries; need; require

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: necessaries; need; require

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《雨部》需𩓣也。遇雨不進，止𩓣也。从雨而聲。《易》曰：「雲上於天，需。」

康熙字典文字版 【戌集中】【雨字部】需
〔古文〕𩂉【唐韻】相兪切【集韻】【韻會】詢趨切，𠀤音須。【說文】𩓣也。遇雨不進，止𩓣也。从雨而聲。易曰：雲上于天需。【註】徐鉉曰：李陽冰據易雲，上于天云：當从天。然諸本皆从而，無从天者。【玉篇】卦名。【易·需彖】需，須也。險在前也。【周禮·冬官考工記】輈人，行數千里，馬不契需。【疏】從易需卦之需。【釋文】音須。【莊子·徐無鬼】濡需者，豕蝨是也。【註】濡則不去，需則有待。　又【集韻】一曰疑也。【韻會】遲疑需待也。【左傳·哀十四年】需事之賊也。　又【韻會】索也。又【字彙】姓也。　又【集韻】汝朱切，音儒。韋柔滑貌。【戰國策】其需弱者來使，則王必聽之。【註】需，音儒。【集韻】或作𠟺。　又【集韻】【正韻】𠀤乳兗切，音耎。【集韻】本作𨋚，柔也。或作輭。軟濡，通作耎。【韻會】本作㓴。或作𠟺。【周禮·冬官考工記】鮑人，欲其柔滑，而腛脂之，則需。【註】故書需作𠟺。𠟺，讀爲柔需之需。【釋文】需，人兗反。　又【周禮·冬官考工記·弓人】薄其帤則需。【註】需，謂不充滿。【疏】需襦不進，故爲不充滿。陸云：罷需。　又【集韻】奴亂切，音糯。弱也。【周禮·冬官考工記】馬不契需。【註】需，讀爲畏需之需。【釋文】又乃亂反。【集韻】本作偄。或作愞懦燸耎。　又【韻會補】鄭𤣥周易註，需，讀爲秀。陽氣秀而不直前者，畏上坎也。

CF-Dict: besoin/demande

Han-De-Dict: brauchen, bedürfen (u.E.) (V)