필요

piryo · TOPIK 1

need, necessity

🔑 必要 = must (必) + require (要): what you must have

Hanja 必 (pil) means surely or must, and 要 (yo) means require or essential. Together: a must-require, i.e. a necessity. Same word as Chinese 必要 (bìyào) and Japanese 必要 (hitsuyō). Used as 필요하다, to be needed.

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