必

音読おんよみ: ヒツ

訓読くんよみ: かなら

画数かくすう: 5

部首ぶしゅ: こころ(心)

Meaning

Certain / Sure / Inevitable

  • かならず — surely / without fail
  • 必要ひつよう — necessary
  • 必死ひっし — desperate / frantic
  • 必然ひつぜん — inevitable
  • 必見ひっけん — must-see
  • 必勝ひっしょう — certain victory

必 originally depicts clenching something tightly, symbolizing inevitability or certainty. It appears in words that express necessity, absolute conditions, or things bound to occur.

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