12 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade
JLPT exam level N1

ought, by all means, necessarily

Kun'yomi
  • absolutely (ought to) ②all
  • すべし
  • ひげ
  • まつ
  • もちいる
  • もとめる
On'yomi
  • シュ
Nanori
  • もとむ

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Variants

Reading Commonality

94.4%
シュ 5.6%

Character Breakdown

ought, by all means, necessarily
ス シュ すべから.く (11th, N1)
three, hair ornament, short hair or fur radical (no. 59)
サン セン (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
page, leaf
ケツ ぺえじ おおがい (Kentei Pre-1)
neck(首) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)

Contained In

Common Words

indispensable
absolutely necessary
Susanoo-no-Mikoto (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu)
gosu porcelain ②asbolite
indispensable case
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References

Unicode hex code 9808
JIS X 0208 1-31-60
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1592
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6618
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 574
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 700
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 419
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 526
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1718
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1854
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 936
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1544
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1946
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 43352
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2263
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1531
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1734
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3j9.1
Four corner code 2128.6