要
commonneed; main point; essence; pivot; key to
Radical: 覀 (west). Strokes: 9画. Elements: 女西. . Hangul: 요 [yo]. Nanori: としtoshi.
Jōyō Kanji 4th Grade. JLPT N3.
Example compounds:
| ヨウYŌ | 要覧【ようらんyōran】outline; summary; survey; handbook 重要視【じゅうようしjūyōshi】regarding highly; attaching importance to 緊要【きんようkin'yō】momentous; exigent; urgent; important; vital |
| いるiru | 要る【いるiru】to need; to want 要る物【いるものirumono】thing (someone) needs or wants |
| かなめkaname | 要【かなめkaname】pivot; vital point; Japanese photinia 要石【かなめいしkanameishi】keystone 要黐【かなめもちkanamemochi】Japanese photinia (Photinia glabra) |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 8981 | – | Unicode |
| 45-55 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 2-6-3 | – | SKIP |
| 3e6.11 | – | TKD |
| 1040.4 | – | Four Corner |
| 3269 | – | De Roo |
| 4274 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 5515 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 2635 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 1683 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 1604 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 117 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 1218 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 262 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 34768P | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 10 p. 310 |
| 593 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 419 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 729 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade |
| 887 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 623 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall |
| 536 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 78 | – | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley |
| 424 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 3.16 | – | Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT |
| 1639 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1618 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |