需 — kanji meaning “demand”
需
demand, request, need
- Meanings
- demand, request, need
- On'yomi
- ジュ (ju)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #935 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 173
- Chinese reading
- xū — Chinese character page
Words with 需
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 需要 | じゅよう juyou | demand; need |
| 必需 | ひつじゅ hitsuju | necessary |
| 軍需 | ぐんじゅ gunju | munitions; military stores |
| 需給 | じゅきゅう jukyuu | supply and demand |
| 特需 | とくじゅ tokuju | emergency demands; special procurement (particularly in time of war) |
| 内需 | ないじゅ naiju | domestic demand |
| 民需 | みんじゅ minju | private demand |
| 外需 | がいじゅ gaiju | foreign demand |
| 実需 | じつじゅ jitsuju | actual demand; user demand |
| 需用 | じゅよう juyou | consumption; use |
| 需品 | じゅひん juhin | supplies |
| 応需 | おうじゅ ouju | responding to a demand; answering a request |
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