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Comments for 要

Stroke Count
9 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
Readings
Kun'yomi: い.る、かなめ、とし、もと.める。
On'yomi: ヨウ。
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Main upper radical seems to be ⻃, not 西. ⻃ is "cover, west" (にし), according to https://kanjialive.com/214-traditional-kanji-radicals/

#1 Posted by Katerine459 over 4 years ago
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Interesting point.  My understanding is that ⻃ is a variant of 西, so I don't think it is a problem listing them either way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_kanji_radicals_by_stroke_count

It's also interesting that the Japanese wiktionary entry lists the main radical for this character as 襾, which is also another variant of 西, but appears visually different to what you see in the character.

https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%A6%81

#2 Posted by flint over 4 years ago

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