Chinese symbol for “requirement”
需求
xū qiú
requirement; to require; (economics) demand
The closest CC-CEDICT match for requirement is 需求 (xū qiú), defined as: requirement; to require; (economics) demand.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “requirement”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 必要条件 (必要條件) | bì yào tiáo jiàn | requirement; necessary condition (math) |
| 要求 | yāo qiú | to request; to require |
| 条件 (條件) | tiáo jiàn | condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification |
| 要件 | yào jiàn | key document; important condition |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 需求.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs |
| 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) |
| 要求 | yāo qiú | to request; to require |
| 请求 (請求) | qǐng qiú | to request; to ask; request (个 (gè)) |
| 追求 | zhuī qiú | to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after |
See also: Japanese symbol for “requirement”.
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.