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Chinese symbol for “desirous”

企求
qǐ qiú
to seek for; to hope to gain; desirous

The closest CC-CEDICT match for desirous is 企求 (qǐ qiú), defined as: to seek for; to hope to gain; desirous.

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Characters and stroke order

企 qǐ
to plan a project; to stand on tiptoe
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes
求 qiú
to seek; to request, to demand; to beseech, to beg for
radical 85 ⽔ · 7 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 企求.

WordPinyinMeaning
企业 (企業)qǐ yècompany; firm; enterprise; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā)
企图 (企圖)qǐ túto attempt; to try
企业家 (企業家)qǐ yè jiāentrepreneur
企鹅 (企鵝)qǐ épenguin
中小企业 (中小企業)zhōng xiǎo qǐ yèsmall and medium enterprise
国企 (國企)guó qǐstate-owned enterprise; (Tw) international business management (as a subject of study) (abbr. for 国际企业管理 (guó jì qǐ yè guǎn lǐ))
要求yāo qiúto request; to require
需求xū qiúrequirement; to require

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.