必 – invariably, certain, inevitable

5 strokesTaught in grade 4#265 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 必 means invariably, certain, inevitable. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヒツ (hitsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かなら.ず (kanarazu). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヒツ	hitsu
Kun’yomi	かなら.ず	kanarazu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 心 (Kangxi radical 61). Components: ノ・心.

Words using 必

必ずかならずalways必要ひつようnecessary必死ひっしfrantic必ずしもかならずしも(not) always必需品ひつじゅひんnecessities必修ひっしゅうrequired (subject)必然ひつぜんinevitable

Example sentences

あの歌は必ずヒットするよ。

That song's bound to be a hit.

Tatoeba #231158

私達が生きていくためには衣食住が必要です。

We need food, clothes and a home in order to live.

Tatoeba #165556

歯医者に行く必要はないですよ。

You don't need to go to the dentist's.

Tatoeba #150948

Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情応急態想念悪憲愛惑患

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.