Chinese symbol for “demanding”
苛求
kē qiú
demanding
The closest CC-CEDICT match for demanding is 苛求 (kē qiú), defined as: demanding.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “demanding”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 艰巨 (艱鉅) | jiān jù | (of a task, mission or responsibility) extremely difficult; challenging; demanding |
| 苛刻 | kē kè | harsh; severe; demanding |
| 事儿 (事兒) | shì r | one's employment; business |
| 难缠 (難纏) | nán chán | (usu. of people) difficult; demanding |
| 费工夫 (費工夫) | fèi gōng fu | to spend a great deal of time and effort; (of a task) demanding |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 苛求.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 苛刻 | kē kè | harsh; severe; demanding |
| 严苛 (嚴苛) | yán kē | severe; harsh |
| 苛责 (苛責) | kē zé | to criticize harshly; to excoriate |
| 苛捐杂税 (苛捐雜稅) | kē juān zá shuì | exorbitant taxation (idiom) |
| 苛性 | kē xìng | caustic (chemistry) |
| 要求 | yāo qiú | to request; to require |
| 需求 | xū qiú | requirement; to require |
| 请求 (請求) | qǐng qiú | to request; to ask; request (个 (gè)) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “demanding”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.