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— need, main point, essence

Strokes
9
Taught in
School year 4
Frequency
#106 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi
  • you
Kun'yomi
  • i.ru
  • kaname
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Words that use 要

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