須
Mnemonic
You must fix your hairstyle before your portrait goes on the front page of the school newspaper — this is non-negotiable! A terrible hairstyle immortalized on that page will follow you for the rest of your life. You absolutely must get it right.
Additional thoughts
Picture the desperate urgency of fixing messy hair right before a camera flash captures you for the front page. That panic IS the feeling of must — pure, unavoidable necessity.Quick recall
You must fix your hairstyle before it's printed on the front page forever.Details
The keyword for 須 is must. This kanji conveys the sense of necessity, obligation, or something that is indispensable and cannot be done without. It carries the meaning of an essential requirement or an imperative need, emphasizing that something absolutely has to be done or obtained. In classical usage, it often appears in formal or literary contexts to express what one ought to or must do.
- On'yomi
- す、しゅ
- Kun'yomi
- すべから.く、すべし、ひげ、まつ、もち.いる、もと.める