| 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 grade 6
JLPT level N1
1050 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 訳 【ヤク】 translation, version (e.g. "English version")
- 訳者 【ヤクシャ】 translator
- 点訳 【テンヤク】 translating into Braille
- 名訳 【メイヤク】 excellent translation, fine translation
Kun reading compounds
- 訳 【わけ】 conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard, reason, cause, meaning, circumstances, situation
- 訳がない 【わけがない】 there is no way that ..., easy, simple
- 申し訳 【もうしわけ】 apology, excuse
- 仕分け 【しわけ】 classification, sorting (out), grouping, assortment, assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
Readings
- Korean:
- yeog
Spanish
- traducir
- razón
- motivo
- causa
- significado
Portuguese
- traduzir
- razão
- circunstância
- caso
French
- traduire
- excuse
- cause
- circonstance
- cas
| 874 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 993 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 982 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 879 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4327 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 190 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1743 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1402 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 594 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 604 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 761 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1668 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1865 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 989 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1340 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1082 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35324P | Morohashi |
| 1473 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5572 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1073 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1154 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 934 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3062 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a4.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 0768.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8a33 | Unicode hex code |