Japanese symbol for “required”
必修
ひっしゅう
Romaji: hisshuu
required (subject)
In Japanese, required is 必修, read ひっしゅう (hisshuu).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n required (subject)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “required”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 所要 | しょよう shoyou | required; needed; necessary |
| 必須 | ひっす hissu | indispensable; essential; requisite |
| マスト | マスト masuto | necessary; indispensable; must-have |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 必要 | ひつよう hitsuyou | necessary; needed; essential |
| 必ず | かならず kanarazu | always; without exception; necessarily |
| 必死 | ひっし hisshi | frantic; frenetic; desperate |
| 必ずしも | かならずしも kanarazushimo | (not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely |
| 必須 | ひっす hissu | indispensable; essential; requisite |
| 必然 | ひつぜん hitsuzen | inevitable; necessary; certain |
| 修正 | しゅうせい shuusei | amendment; correction; revision |
| 修理 | しゅうり shuuri | repair; mending; fixing |
See also: Chinese symbol for “required”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.