Kanji
要
Need
Also: Main Point, Essence, Pivot, Essential
On'yomi
- よう you
Kun'yomi
- い(る) iru
- かなめ kaname
Stroke count, radical and JLPT level of 要
要 has 9 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 襾 (west), number 146. Hashidari places it at JLPT N3. Japanese students learn it in grade 4 of elementary school.
No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji