Read Edit View history 需 xū HSK3 need Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a person standing under the rain (雨), representing the meaning "become wet", now written as 濡. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The person component was later replaced with the phonetic component 而. Pinyin Separate values with commas xū × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 需 Simp strokes 需 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 需 Simp strokes 需 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 需 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 379, 777 ], [ 402, 770 ], [ 443, 769 ], [ 551, 785 ], [ 624, 803 ], [ 691, 803 ] ], [ [ 232, 666 ], [ 242, 634 ], [ 240, 622 ], [ 195, 540 ], [ 187, 483 ] ], [ [ 272, 635 ], [ 281, 626 ], [ 319, 627 ], [ 535, 665 ], [ 759, 692 ], [ 800, 678 ], [ 815, 661 ], [ 817, 649 ], [ 746, 568 ] ], [ [ 485, 748 ], [ 510, 732 ], [ 517, 715 ], [ 509, 440 ] ], [ [ 331, 567 ], [ 382, 549 ], [ 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