必

Information about character(s)

Radical: 心
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 1
Total Strokes: 5

Pronunciation

Pinyin: bì
Cantonese: bit1
JapaneseKun: KANARAZU
JapaneseOn: HITSU
Korean: PHIL
Vietnamese: tất

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: surely, most certainly; must

CE-Dict: certainly/must/will/necessarily

Soothill: Certainly, necessary, must.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.necessarily
2.have to

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: certainly; must; surely

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: must; certainly; surely

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《八部》必分極也。从八、弋，弋亦聲。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集上】【心字部】必
【唐韻】𤰞吉切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】璧吉切，𠀤音畢。【說文】分極也。从八戈。戈亦聲。【趙宧光箋】弋猶表識也，分極猶畺界也，故从八弋。　又定辭也。【詩·齊風】取妻如之何，必告父母。　又專也。【揚子·太𤣥經】赤石不奪，節士之必。【註】石不可奪堅，丹不可奪赤，猶節士之必專也。　又期必也。【論語】子絕四，毋意，毋必。　又審也。【後漢·劉陶傳】所與交友，必也同志。　又果也。【後漢·宣帝紀贊】孝宣之治，信賞必罰。　又必育，人名。燧人氏之佐也。【羣輔錄】必育受稅俗。【註】受賦稅及徭役，所宜施爲也。　又【字彙補】赤犮必力。山名。河水所出也。見僧宗泐記。　又【古今字考】幷列切，音縪。組也。【周禮·冬官考工記】玉人之事，天子圭中必。【註】謂以組約其中央，以備失墜。◎按周禮考工釋文，必卽組也，讀如縪者，俗讀之也。弓檠之䪐从韋，正譌欲舉以駁《說文》，迂矣，當以《說文》爲正。又按必字不从心，《字彙》幷入心部。《正字通》因之，取其形似，便於檢閱爾。

Buddhism words and phrases must, necessary

CF-Dict: nécessairement/certainement/falloir/devoir

Han-De-Dict: müssen (u.E.) (V)/sicher, bestimmt, gewiss, unbedingt (u.E.) (Adj)