# 要 — Need

Frequency rank 103 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 回 (Times), less common than 先 (Previous).

- On’yomi: よう
- Kun’yomi: い、かなめ
- Radical: 西 Cover (Kangxi 146)
- Frequency path: Level I of XX

One rusted hinge is the only thing preventing a floodgate from collapsing.

In words:

- 要る いる — to need
- 要する ようする — to demand;to require;to take
- 必要 ひつよう — necessary

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