IDENTITY
求qiúto seek; to beg; to demand
HSK 3Top 250
CORE MEANING
to seek; to beg; to demand
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to ask for; to seekHSK3
- 2.to demandHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 水water radical (shuǐ)
- strokes
- 7
- Structure
- single structure
- IDS sequence
- ⿺⿻一氺丶
- part of the structure
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
要求yāoqiúrequirement
请求qǐngqiúto request
追求zhuīqiúto pursue
Graded examples
老师要求我们多读书。Lǎoshī yāoqiú wǒmen duō dúshū.HSK3
The teacher asks us to read more.
RELATIONS
LEARNING
Memory aid
A fur coat — what you beg and seek for. (Old picture of a fur robe.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #250
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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