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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 需

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
需 xū - to require
- to need
- to want
- necessity
- need

List Ranking for: 需

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 5 2,132 1,133 1,637

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ 雨 而

Radical:

雨

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Rain 雨 needed for crops to grow

Other Words Containing 需

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
需要 3 3 101 162 185
需 - 5 2,132 1,133 1,637
必需 5 5 5,367 9,142 11,565
需求 6 5 5,410 828 2,919
急需 - 5 7,857 7,443 10,348
无需 - - 11,923 6,644 4,171
必需品 - - 15,170 20,294 15,852
军需 - - 24,274 34,187 75,233
亟需 - - 37,301 35,452 51,826
各取所需 - - 37,982 44,804 32,982
供需 - 7 45,245 8,757 28,312
内需 - 7 65,892 - -
特需 - - 89,641 49,033 43,958