Readings

Kana: ス、シュ、すべから.く、すべし、ひげ、まつ、もち.いる、もと.める
Romaji: su, shu, subekara.ku, subeshi, hige, matsu, mochi.iru, moto.meru
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: もとむ、ぞ
Romaji: motomu, zo
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Meanings

ought, by all means, necessarily

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  12
Radical Number:  59
Frequency:  1339
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-9
Korean Reading:  su
Chinese Reading:  xu1
Unicode:  9808
JIS:  3F5C

Indexes

Halpern Index: 574
Nelson Index: 1592
New Nelson Index: 6618
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3j9.1
Four Corner Index: 2128.6
Gakken Index: 936
Japanese Names Index: 1544
Daikanwanjiten Index: 43352
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0242
Remembering the kanji Index: 1718
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 419
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 526
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1734
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1854
Essential Kanji Index: 1946
Kodansha Kanji Index: 700

Words

必須 (ひっす、ひっしゅ、ひっすう)
indispensable; required
須義 (すぎ、スギ)
cobia (Rachycentron canadum); sergeant fish
須弥山 (しゅみせん)
Mt Sumeru (in Buddhism - said to be the highest mountain rising in the center of the world) (centre)
須要 (しゅよう)
absolutely necessary
長須鯨 (ながすくじら、ナガスクジラ)
fin whale; finback (whale); razorback whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
恵比寿 (えびす、ゑびす、えべす、ひるこ)
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
須恵器 (すえき)
Sue ware (type of unglazed pottery made from the middle of the Kofun era through the Heian era)
須弥壇 (しゅみだん)
dais for a Buddhist image
須髯 (しゅぜん)
beard
えびす講 (えびすこう)
fete in honor of Ebisu (honour)
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