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須

須 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 待つ、欠かせない（その様になるまで待つ）、必要である。
  2. 用いる。
  3. 求める。
  4. しばらく。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。あごにひげを生やした人を象る。「ひげ」「あごひげ」を意味する漢語｛鬚｝を表す字。のち仮借して「待つ」を意味する漢語｛須｝や、「もとめる」を意味する漢語｛需｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

ought, by all means, necessarily

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • スJHS
  • シュ
Kun (native)
  • すべから(く)
  • すべし
  • ひげ
  • まつ
  • もち(いる)
  • もと(める)
Nanori (used in names)
  • もとむ
  • ぞ
Other languages
  • 拼音xu1
  • 한글su
  • Hán-ViệtTu

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
頁(おおがい)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+9808

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰彡頁

Words using this kanji

  • 須要しゅようabsolutely necessary
  • 須髯しゅぜん鬚髯の異表記。beard
  • 須義すぎ「すぎ」の漢字表記。cobia (Rachycentron canadum), sergeant fish
  • 須臾しゅゆ（「しばらく」とも訓ずる）ほんの少しの。 数の単位。10-15を表す。moment, instant, short amount of time
  • 須万スマmackerel tuna (Euthynnus affinis), little tuna, kawakawa
  • 須弥山しゅみせん（仏教）世界の中心にあるとされる高い山。須弥。Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)
  • 須弥壇しゅみだん寺院の仏堂で仏像を安置するための台座（壇）のこと。dais for a Buddhist image
  • 須恵器すえきSue ware (type of unglazed pottery made from the middle of the Kofun era through the Heian era)
  • 須らくすべからくabsolutely (ought to), by all means, all, entirely
  • 須磨琴すまごとsingle-stringed Japanese zither
  • 須佐之男すさのおSusanoo (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu), Susanoo-no-Mikoto
  • 須佐之男命すさのおのみことSusanoo-no-Mikoto (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-9
Four Corner
2128.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3j9.1
Heisig
1854
Nelson
1592