Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
lack, yawn
Parts:
Variants:
take pleasure in, rejoice
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2071 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 欣栄 【キンエイ】 joy and glory, joyous glory, pleasure
  • 欣悦 【キンエツ】 joy, gladness
  • 欣求 【ゴング】 earnest aspiration (to go to paradise)
  • 欣求浄土 【ゴングジョウド】 seeking rebirth in the Pure Land

Kun reading compounds

  • 喜ぶ 【よろこぶ】 to be delighted, to be glad, to be pleased, to rejoice, to congratulate, to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.), to take kindly to, to do with pleasure, to do gladly, to be happy (to do)

Readings

Japanese names:
やすし、 よし、 し
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xin1
Korean:
heun

Spanish

  • alegrarse
  • divertirse

Portuguese

French

2077 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1924 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
603 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2129 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1057 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
569 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
753 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
16008 Morohashi
852 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2930 New Nelson (John Haig)
2888 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2897 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4j4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
7728.2 Four corner code
1-22-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b23 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
request, want, wish for, require, demand
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
220 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 求職 【キュウショク】 job hunting, seeking employment
  • 求刑 【キュウケイ】 recommended sentence, prosecution's demand for punishment
  • 身代金要求 【ミノシロキンヨウキュウ】 ransom demand
  • 希求 【キキュウ】 longing, great desire, aspiration
  • 求道 【キュウドウ】 seeking after truth
  • 求道者 【キュウドウシャ】 seeker after truth, one who seeks the way
  • 勤求 【ゴング】 inquiring the Buddha way
  • 欣求 【ゴング】 earnest aspiration (to go to paradise)

Kun reading compounds

  • 求める 【もとめる】 to want, to wish for, to request, to demand, to require, to ask for, to seek, to search for, to look for, to pursue (pleasure), to hunt (a job), to find (a solution), to purchase, to buy

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiu2
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • petición
  • demanda
  • buscar
  • pedir
  • demandar
  • reclamar
  • desear

Portuguese

  • solicitação
  • desejar
  • deseja para
  • requer
  • demanda

French

  • réclamer
  • demander
  • vouloir
  • désirer
583 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
478 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
455 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
332 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
137 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
584 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
664 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
537 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
724 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
737 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
933 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1155 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4365 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2210 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2974 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
943 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17105 Morohashi
3550 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3036 New Nelson (John Haig)
934 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1004 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
297 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
478 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1442 2001 Kanji
2b5.5 The Kanji Dictionary
4-7-3 SKIP code
4313.2 Four corner code
1-21-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c42 Unicode hex code