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必要

14 strokes in total

📖 English Meaning

indispensable, demand, compulsory, necessary, crucial, necessity, vital, needfully, requisite, essential

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Hiragana:

ひつよう

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Romaji:

hitsuyou

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Character Meanings

必 surely, most certainly; must

要 necessary, essential; necessity

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