The kanji 須: meaning, readings and stroke order
須
- Meaning
- must, necessary
- On reading
- ス su
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 頁 leaf
- Level
- Level 10 · the last years of senior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- cần phải, ắt phải (tu)
- Japanese
- かならず しなければ ならない。
- Korean
- 반드시, 꼭 필요하다 (수)
- Chinese
- 必须、需要 (须)
Readings, words and example sentences
ス su · on reading · less common
必須
essential, a must
水は 生きるのに 必須です。
Water is essential for life.
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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.