Chinese symbol for “required”
必修
bì xiū
(of an academic course) required; compulsory
The closest CC-CEDICT match for required is 必修 (bì xiū), defined as: (of an academic course) required; compulsory.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “required”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 必修.
| 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 |
| 修改 | xiū gǎi | to amend; to alter |
| 维修 (維修) | wéi xiū | maintenance (of equipment); to protect and maintain |
See also: Japanese symbol for “required”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.