需

Glyph origin
In bronze inscriptions, : a person under the rain  – "to wait until the rain is over; to get wet", original character of. The component corrupted into  during the Han dynasty.

Definitions

 * 1) to await
 * 2) to need; to require
 * 3) necessaries; necessities
 * 4) should; ought to; must
 * 5) fifth hexagram of the I Ching

Usage notes
For the sense of "need", this word is frequently mistaken with. is usually followed by a noun while is usually followed by a verb or an adverb.

Kanji

 * 1) demand
 * 2) request
 * 3) need

Han character

 * 1) need; necessity