Japanese Kanji

su

ought · by all means · necessarily

Secondary school · JLPT N1 · 12 strokes

Readings

  • ONsu
  • ONシュshu
  • KUNすべから.くsubekara
  • KUNすべしsubeshi
  • KUNひげhige

Meaning

Ought, by all means, necessarily.

Stroke order for 須

須 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N1 (advanced) level. With 12 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.

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