# 須 — must; by all means

須 means “must; by all means”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. On'yomi: ス (su), シュ (shu). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: must; by all means
- On'yomi: ス (su), シュ (shu)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 12
- Level: JLPT N1 · set A bit of everything

## How to remember 須

Parts: 彡 hair · 頁 head; page

## Don't confuse it with

[頃](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/around-a-time/) · [順](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/sequence/) · [項](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/item/) · [煩](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/bother/)

## More in the “A bit of everything” set

[博](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/broad-knowledge/) · [為](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/do/) · [是](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/just-so/) · [塾](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/cram-school/) · [須](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/must/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/must/. Last updated 2026-11-01.