Kanji: 必

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 7 (completion of 4th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 4th grade in Japan
Radical:	心(忄⺗) Radical name: こころ (りっしんべん)
Meaning:	Invariably, certain, inevitable
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 250 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N4	必(かなら)ず	certainly, necessarily
N4	必要(ひつよう)	necessary
N3	必(かなら)ずしも	(not) always, (not) necessarily, (not) all, (not) entirely
N3	必死(ひっし)	inevitable death, desperation, frantic, inevitable result
N2	必需品(ひつじゅひん)	necessities, necessary article, requisite, essential
N1	必修(ひっしゅう)	required (subject)
N1	必然(ひつぜん)	inevitable, necessary