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Demand
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingジュ
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 38

Meanings

  1. demandRtK
  2. need
  3. request
  1. supply and demand

Popular Usage

需要

Radicals and components

Radical雨rain
Components
How it's built
需
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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rain (雨) · weather · comb

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1249

Compound words

需要じゅよう
demand; need; demand
外需がいじゅ
foreign demand
軍需ぐんじゅ
munitions; military stores
需給じゅきゅう
supply and demand
特需とくじゅ
emergency demands; special procurement (particularly in time of war)
内需ないじゅ
domestic demand
必需ひつじゅ
necessary
民需みんじゅ
private demand
必需品ひつじゅひん
necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials
実需じつじゅ
actual demand
需めもとめ
request
應需おうじゅ
responding to a demand
軍需品ぐんじゅひん
munitions
需用費じゅようひ
consumables (expenses)
需要者じゅようしゃ
consumer
総需要そうじゅよう
aggregate demand
民需品みんじゅひん
consumer goods
軍需景気ぐんじゅけいき
war prosperity
軍需工業ぐんじゅこうぎょう
munitions industry
軍需工場ぐんじゅこうじょう
munitions factory
軍需産業ぐんじゅさんぎょう
munitions industry
需給逼迫じゅきゅうひっぱく
supply and demand tightness
需要を賄うじゅようをまかなう
to meet the demand
消費者需要しょうひしゃじゅよう
consumer demand

Additional Examples

彼には必需品すらない、まして贅沢品はなおさらだ。
He has no daily necessities, much less luxuries.tatoeba
彼には日常必需品すらない、まして贅沢品はあるわけがない。
He has no daily necessities, much less luxuries.tatoeba
日本では米の需要が大きい。
There is a great market for rice in Japan.tatoeba

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Demand, need. 雨 (rain) + 而 (person) — someone waiting for rain, needing it. 需要 — demand.

Practice Writing

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