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) |
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
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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
854 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 償却 【ショウキャク】 repayment, redemption, depreciation, amortization, amortisation
- 償還 【ショウカン】 repayment, redemption, amortization, amortisation
- 無償 【ムショウ】 without compensation, without reward, without pay, free (of charge)
- 有償 【ユウショウ】 (involving) payment, (involving) compensation, paying a fee
Kun reading compounds
- 償う 【つぐなう】 to make up for, to compensate for, to indemnify, to recompense, to redeem (e.g. a fault), to atone for
Readings
- Korean:
- sang
Spanish
- compensación
- indemnización
- compensar
- resarcir
- recompensar
Portuguese
- reparação
- compensação
- recompensa
- redimir
- resgate
French
- compensation
- réparation
- indemnisation
- se racheter
- récompense
1412 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1101 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
563 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1355 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1073 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
971 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1003 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
712 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
139 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
199 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
129 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
155 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
994 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1245 | Morohashi |
176 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
333 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
985 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1060 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1866 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2161 | 2001 Kanji |
2a15.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-15 | SKIP code |
2928.6 | Four corner code |
1-29-94 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
511f | Unicode hex code |