Kanji 要
9 strokes
Meaning
need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
- On'yomi
- ヨウ
- Kun'yomi
- いるかなめ
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 襾 west (146)
- JLPT
- N3
- School grade
- Grade 4
- Kanken
- 7級
- Frequency
- #106 / 2500
Stroke order
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
Example sentences
お金が必要だ。
I need money.
金が要るんだ。
I need money.
これは重要ではない。
This is not important.
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