需 — Chinese character
需
xū
to need, to require; must
- Pinyin
- xū
- Radical
- 173 ⾬ (Rain)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 雨 而
- Formation
- ideographic — Rain 雨 needed for crops to grow
- Japanese
- 需 as a kanji
Common words with 需
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs |
| 需求 | xū qiú | requirement; to require |
| 无需 (無需) | wú xū | needless |
| 必需 | bì xū | to need; to require |
| 急需 | jí xū | to urgently need; urgent need |
| 必需品 | bì xū pǐn | necessity; essential (thing) |
| 供需 | gōng xū | supply and demand |
| 内需 (內需) | nèi xū | domestic demand |
| 亟需 | jí xū | to urgently need; urgent need |
| 军需 (軍需) | jūn xū | military supplies |
| 不时之需 (不時之需) | bù shí zhī xū | a possible period of want or need |
| 刚需 (剛需) | gāng xū | (economics) rigid demand; inelastic demand (abbr. for 刚性需求 (gāng xìng xū qiú)) |
English words written with 需
需 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 5 · Zhuangzi 5
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.