This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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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Romaji

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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