# 必 — Certain

Frequency rank 196 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 初 (First), less common than 川 (River).

- On’yomi: ひつ
- Kun’yomi: かなら
- Radical: 心 Heart (Kangxi 61)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX

The burst Heart on the tatami flings a fresh Drop sideways with every beat, and every one of them lands in the same split in the mat.

In words:

- 必ず かならず — certainly,necessarily
- 必要 ひつよう — necessary
- 必死 ひっし — inevitable death,desperation,frantic,inevitable result

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