| 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 |
discuss, talk
- On:
- ダン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
272 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 談 【ダン】 talk, story, conversation
- 談合 【ダンゴウ】 bid rigging, collusion (on contract bidding), (illegal) price-fixing agreement, consultation, discussion, conference
- 示談 【ジダン】 settlement out of court, private settlement
- 講談 【コウダン】 storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery, story
Readings
- Korean:
- dam
Spanish
- conversar
- hablar
Portuguese
- discutir
- conversar
French
- discuter
- parler
| 467 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 363 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 543 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 303 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4388 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 378 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 907 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2325 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 593 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 603 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 390 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1698 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1975 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1053 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1419 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 356 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35633 | Morohashi |
| 1569 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5643 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 350 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 374 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 394 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 433 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3062 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a8.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-8 | SKIP code |
| 0968.9 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-44 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8ac7 | Unicode hex code |