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Kanji Detail for 須 - "necessity, require, wait"
須
- Meaning
須 means "necessity, require, wait."
To use - To employ; to utilize something.
To require - To need; to be necessary; to call for.
To wait - To await; to anticipate; to look forward to.
A moment - A short time; briefly; for a while.
Beard - Facial hair on the chin.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
ought; by all means; necessarily
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
must, have to, necessary; moment; whiskers
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
must; to have to; to wait
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
beard; must; necessary
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To wait. As in 相須甚殷 means waiting for someone urgently. | Anything that is required and indispensable is called 須. Therefore necessary matters are called 切須 (urgently need), 急須 (urgently required). What is not necessary is called 無須. All interchangeable with 需. | 斯須, 須臾. Both refer to an extremely short period of time. The Book of Rites says: "Ritual and music cannot be departed from even for a moment." The Doctrine of the Mean says: "The Way cannot be departed from even for an instant."
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