必 — Chinese character
必
bì
surely, certainly; must; will
- Pinyin
- bì
- Radical
- 61 ⼼ (Heart)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 心 丿
- Japanese
- 必 as a kanji
Common words with 必
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 必须 (必須) | bì xū | must; to have to |
| 必要 | bì yào | necessary; essential |
| 必然 | bì rán | inevitable; certain |
| 不必 | bù bì | need not; does not have to |
| 未必 | wèi bì | not necessarily; maybe not |
| 必定 | bì dìng | to be bound to; to be sure to |
| 必需 | bì xū | to need; to require |
| 何必 | hé bì | there is no need; why should |
| 势必 (勢必) | shì bì | to be bound to; undoubtedly will |
| 必将 (必將) | bì jiāng | inevitably |
| 务必 (務必) | wù bì | must; to need to |
| 必备 (必備) | bì bèi | essential |
English words written with 必
- must
- required
- certainly
- necessary
- essential
- necessarily
- unnecessary
- inevitable
- presumably
- necessity
- inevitably
- imperative
必 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 14 · Analects 75 · Art of War 48 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 101 · Zhuangzi 108 · Great Learning 8 · Doctrine of the Mean 14
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 30
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 36
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 44
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 63
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 66
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 79
- Analects 1.7
- Analects 1.10
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