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要 = 女 + 西
要 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “need”. It is built from 女 (woman) and 西 (west). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1730. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.
- Keyword
- need
- RTK frame
- 1730
- Strokes
- 9
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ヨウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- い.る, かなめ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- нужда
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 要 necessary
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
Characters that contain 要
How to find 要 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “woman” + “west”. 要 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
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