The kanji 必: meaning, readings and stroke order
必
- Meaning
- surely, without fail
- On reading
- ヒツ hitsu
- Kun reading
- かなら(ず) kanarazu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 心 heart
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- nhất định, chắc chắn (tất)
- Japanese
- かならず。
- Korean
- 반드시 (필)
- Chinese
- 必定、一定
Readings, words and example sentences
ヒツ hitsu · on reading · less common
必死
with all your might
必死に 走りました。
I ran with all my might.
かなら(ず) kanarazu · kun reading
必ず
for sure
明日は 必ず 来ます。
I will come tomorrow for sure.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.