Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

265 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: invariably, certain, inevitable

Kunyomi: かなら.ず

Onyomi: ヒツ

Composition: 丿

Radical

Radical:

Reading: こころ

Meaning: heart

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

要な(ひつような)   necessary

然的な(ひつぜんてきな)   inevitable

死(ひっし)   desperate

勝(ひっしょう)   certain victory

読書(ひつどくしょ)   a must-read book

ず(かならず)   without fail

ずしも(かならずしも)   (not) always

Onyomi Examples

ヒツ definiteness, certainty

ヒツジュ necessary

Kunyomi Examples

かならず always, without exception, necessarily, certainly, without fail, positively, invariably

ずしも かならずしも (not) always, (not) necessarily, (not) entirely, (not) all