Dong Chinese dictionary

qiú

seek

Pictograph of a crawling insect. The current meaning "seek" or "beg" is a phonetic loan.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

qiú

seek; demand, request; beseech; to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech

Most common words with 求

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 7 characters (3 verified)

Sources