必

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

必 (radical 61 心+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 心竹 (PH), four-corner 3300₀, composition ⿻心丿)

1. surely, most certainly
2. must

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 375, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10299
• Dae Jaweon: page 701, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2267, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5FC5

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

必 (Yale bit1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

必 (grade 4 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: ひつ (hitsu)
• Kun: かならず (必ず, kanarazu)
• Nanori: さだ (sada), さだむ (sadamu)

[edit] Compounds

必ず (kanarazu): necessarily, certainly 必ずしも (kanarazushimo): not always 必携 (hikkei): handbook, manual 必死 (hisshi): frantic, desperate 必死に (hisshi ni): frantically, desperately 必至の (hisshi no): inevitable, necessary 必需 (hitsuju): necessary 必需品 (hitsujuhin): necessities

必修 (hisshū): required (subject) 必勝 (hisshō): certain victory 必須 (hissu): indispensable, required 必須の (hissu no): indispensable, required 必須条件 (hissu jōken): essential condition 必然 (hitsuzen): inevitable, necessary 必然的 (hitsuzenteki): inevitable, necessary

必着 (hitchaku): must arrive 必読 (hitsudoku): should be read by all 必要 (hitsuyō): necessity, need 必要性 (hitsuyōsei): necessity 必読書 (hitsudokusho): required reading 不必要 (fuhitsuyō): unnecessary 必死になって (hisshi ni natte): desperately

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

必 (hangeul 필, revised pil, McCune-Reischauer p'il, Yale phil)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

必 (pinyin bì (bi4), Wade-Giles pi⁴)

[edit] Compounds

• 必須