Nidan verb (lower class) (archaic), transitive verb

  1. to want, to wish for. Often now as ...(を)求む.
  2. to request, to demand. Archaism.
  3. to seek, to search for, to pursue (pleasure), to hunt (a job). Archaism.
  4. to purchase, to buy. Polite language, archaism.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
求む もとむ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

request, want, wish for
もと.める キュウ グ (4th, N3)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
water radical variant (no. 85)
スイ
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)