The Chinese Radical: 求


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Meaning
to beg, seek, request    求

Explanation [I'm dying of thirst:] Just one 一 drop 丶 of water 水, this is my: request!

Used in these characters:
HSK 2
ball, sphere, globe
qiú
Left: a king 王, right: to seek / request 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.  
HSK 3
ask for, to beg, seek, look for, request
qiú
Top: cover 亠 (here: one 一 and drop 丶), below: water 水
[I'm dying of thirst:] Just one drop of water, this is my: request!  
HSK 5
to rescue, to save, to assist
jiù
Left: ask for 求 ([I'm dying of thirst:] Just one 一 drop 丶 of water 水, this is my: request!), right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
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.  
no HSK
fur, fur coat
qiú
Top: ask for, request 求 ([I'm dying of thirst:] Just one 一 drop 丶 of water 水, this is my: request!), bottom: clothes 衤/衣
(It's very cold:) I request clothes, namely: fur.  

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