Kanji1 / 9
要 kanji
need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
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On readings
ヨウ
Kun readings
いるかなめ
Words with 要
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —要塞島sea fort; island fort
- —概要欄description box (e.g. on a website); summary list
- —要塞化fortifying; fortification
- —要望書written request; written demand
- —再要請renewed appeal; re-appeal; re-request
- —不要物refuse; waste material
- —確認要confirmation required
- —概要書written outline; written brief; outline report
- —需要家consumer (of a product, service, etc.); customer; end user; consumer (in a food chain)
- —主要動principal movement (of an earthquake); principal shock
- —摘要欄remarks column; space for notes
- —会社概要company overview
- —緊要地形key terrain
- —公教要理Catholic catechism
- —構成要素component; element; part
- —主要工業key industries
- —主要人物key people
- —主要都市major city
- —主要物価prices of staple commodities
- —需要供給supply and demand