要 Kanji for need

N3–N2Grade 49 strokes

need, main point, essence, pivot, key to

Kun: い.る、かなめ
On: ヨウ

要 is the Japanese kanji for need, main point, essence, pivot, key to. It is written with 9 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is い.る、かなめ and its on reading is ヨウ.

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Words with 要

要かなめpivot
要ようはin short, the point is, the important thing is
要ようするto need, to demand, to take
要ようするにin short, in a word, to sum up
重じゅう要ようimportant, essential, significant
必ひつ要ようnecessary, needed, essential

Practice 要 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.