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request, ask 求
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[I'm dying of thirst] Just one 一 drop 丶 of water 水, this is my: request!
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球
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JLPT 3Joyo 3 |
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| ball, sphere
tama, KYŪ
王
求
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Left: king 王 (The three spheres 三 [heaven, earth, mankind] combined in the person 丨 of the king.), right: to request, ask for 求 ([I'm dying of thirst:] Just one 一 drop 丶 of water 水, this is my: request)
The king asks for his ball.
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求
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| ask for, request, want
motomeru, KYŪ
求
丶
水
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Top: cover 亠 (here: one 一 and a drop 丶), below: water 水
(I'm dying of thirst) Just one drop of water, this is my: request!
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救
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| rescue, save, relieve
sukuu, KYŪ
求
攵
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Left: ask for 求 ([I'm dying of thirst] Just one 一 drop 丶 of water 水, this is my: request!), right: to beat 攵 (= a hand  that holds a stick ノ)
In the water 水 someone is floating with his head 丶 still above the surface 一, and next to him is someone with a stick ノ in his hand , trying to rescue him.
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