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需

Reading

Kana: ジュ
Romaji: ju
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

demand, request, need

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  173
Frequency:  935
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-8-6
Korean Reading:  su
Chinese Reading:  xu1
Unicode:  9700
JIS:  3C7B

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2797
Nelson Index: 5052
New Nelson Index: 6528
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8d6.1
Four Corner Index: 1022.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 887
Gakken Index: 1011
Japanese Names Index: 2220
Daikanwanjiten Index: 42275
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0049
Remembering the kanji Index: 1165
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1890
Kodansha Compact Index: 1865
Kanji in Context Index: 681
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1790
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2438
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1173
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1249
Essential Kanji Index: 754
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3472
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3153
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 804
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1742

Words

需要 (じゅよう)
demand; request
需給 (じゅきゅう)
supply and demand
電力需要 (でんりょくじゅよう)
demand for (electric) power
需要を賄う (じゅようをまかなう)
to meet the demand
消費者需要 (しょうひしゃじゅよう)
consumer demand
軍需 (ぐんじゅ)
munitions; military stores
必需 (ひつじゅ)
necessary
応需 (おうじゅ)
responding to a demand; answering a request
需要供給 (じゅようきょうきゅう)
supply and demand
生活必需品 (せいかつひつじゅひん)
daily (living) necessities; necessities; essentials for life
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