須 — kanji meaning “ought”
須
ought, by all means, necessarily
- Meanings
- ought, by all means, necessarily
- On'yomi
- ス (su)、シュ (shu)
- Kun'yomi
- すべから.く、すべし、ひげ、まつ、もち.いる、もと.める
- Name readings
- もとむ、ぞ
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1339 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 181
- Chinese reading
- xū — Chinese character page
Words with 須
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 必須 | ひっす hissu | indispensable; essential; requisite |
| 急須 | きゅうす kyuusu | small teapot |
| 呉須 | ごす gosu | gosu porcelain |
| 須臾 | しゅゆ shuyu | moment; instant; short amount of time |
| 須らく | すべからく subekaraku | absolutely (ought to); by all means |
| 必須条件 | ひっすじょうけん hissujouken | essential condition |
| 急須の口 | きゅうすのくち kyuusunokuchi | spout of a teapot |
| 必須科目 | ひっすかもく hissukamoku | required subject; compulsory course |
| 須要 | しゅよう shuyou | absolutely necessary |
| 白長須鯨 | しろながすくじら shironagasukujira | blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) |
| 長須鯨 | ながすくじら nagasukujira | fin whale; finback (whale); razorback whale (Balaenoptera physalus) |
| 須弥山 | しゅみせん shumisen | Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world) |
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