| 186 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 272 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 254 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 275 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1667 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 330 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 174 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 303 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 303 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 260 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 775 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2595 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1328 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1800 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1155 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10475X | Morohashi |
| 2092 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1823 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1146 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1229 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 322 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
309 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 急 【キュウ】 sudden, abrupt, unexpected, urgent, pressing, steep, sharp, precipitous, rapid, swift, fast, emergency, crisis, danger, urgency, hurrying, haste, (in gagaku or noh) end of a song
- 急遽 【キュウキョ】 hurriedly, in a hurry, hastily, in haste, sudden, abrupt
- 準急 【ジュンキュウ】 semi-express train, local express train, sub-express train
- 快急 【カイキュウ】 rapid express (train)
Kun reading compounds
- 急ぐ 【いそぐ】 to hurry, to rush, to hasten, to make something happen sooner
- 急ぎ 【いそぎ】 haste, hurry, expedition, speed, dispatch
- 急ぎ足 【いそぎあし】 fast pace, quick pace
- 急く 【せく】 to hurry, to rush
Readings
- Korean:
- geub
Spanish
- prisa
- urgencia
- apresurarse
- darse prisa
Portuguese
- apressar
- emergência
- repentina
French
- urgence
- se dépêcher
- soudain
- raide
- abrupt
- aigu
| 2558 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2n7.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 2733.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-62 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6025 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
106 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 要 【ヨウ】 main point, essential point, important thing, necessity, need, requirement
- 要因 【ヨウイン】 main cause, primary factor
- 所要 【ショヨウ】 required, needed, necessary
- 法要 【ホウヨウ】 Buddhist memorial service
Kun reading compounds
- 要る 【いる】 to be needed, to be necessary, to be required, to be wanted, to need, to want
- 要 【かなめ】 pivot, vital point, cornerstone, keystone, Japanese photinia
- 要石 【かなめいし】 keystone
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とし
- Korean:
- yo
Spanish
- necesidad
- punto central
- esencia
- necesitar
Portuguese
- necessidade
- ponto principal
- essência
- pivô
- chave para
French
- besoin
- point principal
- pivot
- essentiel
- point clef
| 729 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 623 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 593 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 117 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4274 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 262 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 887 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1218 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 419 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 425 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 424 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1639 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3263 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1683 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2290 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1618 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 34768P | Morohashi |
| 2635 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5515 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1604 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1730 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 78 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 536 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3269 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3e6.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-3 | SKIP code |
| 1040.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8981 | Unicode hex code |