必 — 5 strokes ／ Radical「心」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 5 strokes ／ Radical「心」
- On
- ヒツひつ · hitsu
- Kun
- かなら(ず)kanara(zu)
- Meaning
- certain; without fail; necessarily
Stroke order
Origin
Its origin is debated (perhaps a marker post); it means "certainly, without fail."
Readings and examples
| Onヒツひつhitsu | 必然ひつぜん必死ひっし必要ひつよう |
|---|---|
| Kunかならずkanarazu | 必ずかならず必ずしもかならずしも |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 必要ひつよう
necessity
- 必死ひっし
desperate; frantic
- 必需品ひつじゅひん
- 必須ひっす
Example
予習は必要だ。
Studying ahead is necessary.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)