要 — kanji meaning “need”
要
need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
- Meanings
- need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
- On'yomi
- ヨウ (you)
- Kun'yomi
- い.る、かなめ
- Name readings
- とし
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #106 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 146
- Chinese reading
- yào, yāo — Chinese character page
Words with 要
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 必要 | ひつよう hitsuyou | necessary; needed; essential |
| 重要 | じゅうよう juuyou | important; essential; significant |
| 要求 | ようきゅう youkyuu | demand; firm request; requisition |
| 要素 | ようそ youso | element; component; factor |
| 需要 | じゅよう juyou | demand; need |
| 要請 | ようせい yousei | appeal; call for something; request |
| 主要 | しゅよう shuyou | chief; main; principal |
| 不要 | ふよう fuyou | unnecessary; unneeded |
| 要因 | よういん youin | main cause; primary factor |
| 要望 | ようぼう youbou | demand for; request |
| 要するに | ようするに yousuruni | in short; in a word; to sum up |
| 要する | ようする yousuru | to need; to demand; to take |
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