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須
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须
🇨🇳

have to

HSK 10 N1
Human →Body →Covering
xū
ス、シュ
すべから.く、すべし、ひげ、まつ、もち.いる、もと.める
수
Pictograph of a person with a bearded face. Based on the original meaning "beard", now written as 鬚. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
彡 hair / bristle+ 頁 page =
須 have to
彡 Iconic component
shān hair / bristle
hair
頁 Iconic component
page
Depicts a head.
Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Warring States (475-221 BC)
Bronze
Warring States (475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
須
Regular
Modern
Chinese
须 / 須 [xū]
must; to have to; to wait
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
須 しゅ
Shu unclassified name
須 す
Su unclassified name
須 すさき
Susaki surname
須 すざき
Suzaki surname
須 すず
Suzu unclassified name
須 まつ
Matsu unclassified name
須 もち
Mochi unclassified name
須 もとむ
Motomu given name
CHINESE WORDS (19)
必须 [bì​xū] #214
to have to
无须 [wú​xū] #14,476
need not
须知 [xū​zhī] #38,075
key information
莫须有 [mò​xū​yǒu] #16,743
groundless
须要 [xū​yào] #17,967
must
何须 [hé​xū] #50,111
there is no need
须臾 [xū​yú] #29,572
in a flash
须弥 [Xū​mí] #39,670
Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition
横须贺 [Héng​xū​hè] #48,216
Yokosuka (port and navy base in the Tokyo bay)
须根 [xū​gēn] #50,775
fibrous roots
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JAPANESE WORDS (44)
⭐ 必須 [ひっす] #7,174
indispensable
⭐ 暫く [しばらく] #8,594
for a moment
⭐ 陶器 [とうき] #12,669
pottery
急須 [きゅうす] #34,176
small teapot
⭐ 恵比寿 [えびす] #47,463
Ebisu
⭐ 必須条件 [ひっすじょうけん] #53,221
essential condition
必須科目 [ひっすかもく] #79,179
required subject
須臾 [しゅゆ] #83,993
moment
須らく [すべからく] #99,808
absolutely (ought to)
須弥山 [しゅみせん] #113,323
Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)
34 more items