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要

need
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingヨウ
Kun readingい.る、かなめ
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 4

Meanings

  1. needRtK
    彼は必要以上もお金を持っている。He has more money than is needed.tatoeba
  2. essence
    食物は生きるために必要だ。Food is essential to life.tatoeba
    糠層も消化良く炊くには、低地でも圧力釜が要る。A pressure cooker is required even at low elevations in order to cook rice with bran layers to be digestible.wiki
  3. key to
  4. main point
  5. pivot
  1. vital point
  2. cornerstone
  3. keystone
  4. japanese photinia

Synonyms

要黐

Popular Usage

要る必要重要主要需要

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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old west · woman (女)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1730

Compound words

要るいる
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need
必要ひつよう
necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity
主要しゅよう
chief; main; principal; major
需要じゅよう
demand; need; demand
重要じゅうよう
important; essential; significant; major; key
要するようする
to need; to demand; to take; to require
要求するようきゅうする
to demand
概要がいよう
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract
肝要かんよう
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
強要きょうよう
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
要員よういん
(necessary) personnel; required person
要因よういん
main cause; primary factor
要求ようきゅう
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
要件ようけん
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition; sine qua non
要綱ようこう
main principle; gist; general plan; guidelines; outline
要項ようこう
important points; main points; gist; list of requirements
要旨ようし
(main) point; gist; key points; essentials; substance
要請ようせい
appeal; call for something; request; claim; demand
要素ようそ
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
要点ようてん
gist; main point
要望ようぼう
demand for; request
要領ようりょう
point; gist; essentials; tenets; outline
不要ふよう
unnecessary; unneeded
要約ようやく
summary; digest

On Reading Examples

事態は急を要するので一刻も待てないと彼は言った。ようする
He said that the matter was urgent, and that there was not a moment to lose.tatoeba
教育は生活において最も必要不可欠な要素の一つ。ようそ
Education is one of the most essential aspects of life.tatoeba
測定には寸分の狂いもない精度が要求される。ようきゅう
Flawless precision is required in the measurements.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は必要以上の金を私に求めた。
He asked me for more money than was necessary.tatoeba
彼は「必要は発明の母」と言った。
He said that necessity is the mother of invention.tatoeba
彼は必要な数学の公式を完全にマスターしていた。
He had complete mastery over the necessary mathematics formula.tatoeba
よって維新の精神を貫徹することにするが、それには30年の時期が要る。
"Therefore I plan to carry out the spirit of the Meiji Restoration, but it will require a period of 30 years.wiki

Stroke Order

9 strokes

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