JLPT N3 · Rights & duties

要求

ようきゅう

demand

Stroke order of 要求

2 characters, 16 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

要 · 9 strokes求 · 7 strokes

Memory trick

要 is a woman 女 at a key spot under a cover, and 求 is a hand reaching: reaching for what is needed.

Parts: 要 need + 求 seek

Example sentence

会社に給料を要求します。

かいしゃにきゅうりょうをようきゅうします。

I demand pay from the company.

Words with 要

要るto need 重要important; essential 必要necessary 需要demand 要点main point 要約summary

Words with 求

求人job offer 請求claim; billing 請求書invoice 求めるto request; to seek

More words: Rights & duties

人権human rights 自由化liberalization 権威authority 保障guarantee; security 主張claim; assertion 抗議protest 反論counterargument 同意agreement; consent 拒否refusal 個人individual 個人情報personal information 秘密secret 公平fairness 不公平unfairness 自由権civil liberties

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