Kanji Details:
- 要
- Frequency:106
- Kun: い.る, かなめ
- On: ヨウ
- Meaning: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 重要 じゅうよう important, momentous, essential, principal, major 必要 ひつよう necessary, needed, essential, indispensable; necessity, need, requirement 要求 ようきゅう demand, firm request, requisition, requirement, desire 主要 しゅよう chief, main, principal, major 需要 じゅよう demand, request 要請 ようせい claim, demand, request, application 必要性 ひつようせい necessity 要因 よういん main cause, primary factor 要員 よういん essential member, necessary person, personnel 要素 ようそ component, factor, item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array), member (e.g. data structure)