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Kanji-of-the-Day: ‘need’ = 要

Posted in: Kanji by admin on April 8, 2011

The kanji for 'need': 要Today’s kanji from the iStart Japanese! Team is: “need” = 要.
It has 9 strokes.

The most common readings of this kanji character are: “YŌ” 「ヨウ」 and “i~” 「い〜」.
For example: HITSUYŌ na「必要な」= needed, necessary.
Also: JUYŌ「需要」= demand.
And: irimasu「要ります」= need, want, require.