必要

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Chinese

 
certainly; must; will
certainly; must; will; necessarily
 
important; vital; to want
important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
trad. (必要)
simp. #(必要)

Pronunciation


Adjective

必要

  1. necessary; essential

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Noun

必要

  1. need; necessity

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひつ
Grade: 4
よう
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

(ひつ)(よう) (hitsuyōひつえう (fitueu)?-na (adnominal (ひつ)(よう) (hitsuyō na), adverbial (ひつ)(よう) (hitsuyō ni))

  1. needed, necessary

Inflection

Noun

(ひつ)(よう) (hitsuyōひつえう (fitueu)?

  1. need, necessity

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

必要 (piryo) (hangeul 필요)

  1. Hanja form? of 필요 (necessity).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

必要

  1. chữ Hán form of tất yếu (necessary).