必
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Pictograph of a weapon, now written as 柲. Similar to 戈. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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Historical Evolution
必
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
必
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
必
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
必
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
必
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
必
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
必
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
必
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
必
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
必
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
必
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
必
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
必
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
必
Regular
Modern
Chinese
必 [bì]
certainly; must; will; necessarily
Japanese
definiteness; certainty
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
必 あきら
Akira female given name
CHINESE WORDS (130)
必须 [bìxū] #214
to have to
必须 [bìxū] #214
to have to
必要 [bìyào] #848
necessary
不必 [bùbì] #1,180
need not
必然 [bìrán] #8,217
inevitable
何必 [hébì] #7,325
there is no need
未必 [wèibì] #9,966
not necessarily
必将 [bìjiāng] #14,987
inevitably
必将 [bìjiāng] #14,987
inevitably
必需 [bìxū] #5,367
to need
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JAPANESE WORDS (97)
⭐ 必要 [ひつよう] #195
necessary
⭐ 必ず [かならず] #422
always
⭐ 必死 [ひっし] #779
frantic
必要ない [ひつようない] #2,286
unnecessary
必要とする [ひつようとする] #2,757
to need
⭐ 必ずしも [かならずしも] #6,546
(not) always
⭐ 必死になって [ひっしになって] #6,716
desperately
⭐ 必然 [ひつぜん] #6,933
inevitable
⭐ 必須 [ひっす] #7,174
indispensable
⭐ 必然的 [ひつぜんてき] #7,616
inevitable
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KOREAN WORDS (13)
필요 #334
need; necessity; requirement
하필 #5,405
of all things
필수 #23,350
requirement; must
불필요
being unnecessary
생활필수품
daily necessities
필사
desperation; franticness
필수품
essentials; necessities
필승
determination to win; certainty of victory
필연
inevitability; unavoidability
필연성
inevitability; unavoidability
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