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要 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「襾」

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7Elementary year 4 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「襾」
On
ヨウよう · yō
Kun
い(る)・かなめi(ru) · kaname
Meaning
need, essential, important point

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Originally a pictograph of a woman with hands on her waist; the waist, the body's essential center, came to mean important.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onヨウようyō要点ようてん要注意ようちゅうい重要じゅうよう
Kunかなめkaname要よう
Kunいるiru要るいる

Compare: 入る

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 必要ひつよう

    necessary

  • 重要じゅうよう

    important

More words with this kanji

  • 要求ようきゅう
  • 要因よういん
  • 要項ようこう
  • 需要じゅよう
  • 要旨ようし
  • 要綱ようこう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

旅行(りょこう)に必要(ひつよう)な物(もの)をかばんに入(い)れます。

I put the things I need for the trip into my bag.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

Map of radical 襾Map of reading ヨウAll maps

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