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求 means 'request'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 526   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-13    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 27    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 51 words   Used in 155 words   Used in 82 names   Component in 16 kanji (2 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   キュウ
Kun
   もとめる to request, want, demand
Additional readings
On    グ
Kun    もとむ to request, want, demand
Components
⿱  ⿻  一 one  丶 dot  水 water  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 求 is used 6 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 求 is used 149 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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キュウ : 121 words FIND ALL
よ う き ゅ う 0
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
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グ : 6 words FIND ALL
ぐ ど う 0
noun
seeking for truth
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キュウ (read as ぎゅう) : 2 words FIND ALL
noun
type of soft Japanese confectionery made with rice flour (somewhat similar to Turkish delight)  (see also: 求肥飴; orig. written as 牛皮)
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もとめる : 20 words FIND ALL
も と め る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to want; to wish for
2. to request; to demand
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An additional 6 less common words include 求 but the readings have not yet been categorized.
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Henshall: 478 (originally: 455)  Joy o' Kanji : 455  Key to Kanji: 190 

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求
キュウ   もとめる to request, want, demand   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丶
dot   
水
スイ   みず water   
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