Onyomi: ヒツ · Kunyomi: かなら.ず · Meanings: certain, inevitable, invariably
Kanji for certain, inevitable, invariably
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必 is formed from the core element 心, meaning “heart,” with a shape that suggests focus or penetration. It expresses something that is firmly held in the heart and cannot be avoided. From this idea, 必 came to mean necessity, certainty, or something that must happen.
必 represents something held firmly in the heart, meaning must or certainly.
Remember 必 as something that cannot be avoided and must be done.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 必 | ひつ | definiteness, certainty | Noun |
| 必要 | ひつよう | necessary, needed, essential, indispensable | common JLPT-N4 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 必ず | かならず | always, without exception, necessarily, certainly, without fail, positively, invariably | common JLPT-N4 Adverb (fukushi) |
| 必ずしも | かならずしも | (not) always, (not) necessarily, (not) entirely, (not) all | common JLPT-N3 Adverb (fukushi) |
| 必死 | ひっし | frantic, frenetic, desperate | common JLPT-N3 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 必需品 | ひつじゅひん | necessities, necessary article, requisite, essentials | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 必修 | ひっしゅう | required (subject) | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 必要性 | ひつようせい | necessity | common Noun |
| 必須 | ひっす | indispensable, essential, requisite, required, compulsory, necessary | common Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun |
| 必然的 | ひつぜんてき | inevitable, necessary | common Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |