需 xū
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 雨 — rain
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
需要
xūyào
to need
Characters in this word
要 yào
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 覀 — west, western, westward
- Made of
- 覀 west, western, westward 女 woman, girl
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我需要水。 Wǒ xū yào shuǐ. I need water.
- 你需要帮助吗？ Nǐ xū yào bāng zhù ma? Do you need help?
- 这里需要安静。 Zhè lǐ xū yào ān jìng. This place needs quiet.