必
Meanings
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- 1.certainly
- 2.must
- 3.will
- 4.necessarily
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Wiktionary
- 1.surely; most certainly; always; invariably
- 2.must; have to; shall
- 3.conjunction indicating the condition of a concession or exception, especially a hypothetical or implied one
- 4.to crack
- 5.to chap (of skin)
- 6.crowded; packed; congested
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Etymology
Likely a pictogram (象形) – the handle (⿻⿺㇂丶丿) found on the right hand side of weapons such as 戊 or 戈 or 戉 written stand-alone. Two decorative strokes were then added to the sides. Jiajie (假借) - The character was subsequently borrowed for a near-homophone meaning "must", and the original meaning came to be represented by 柲 (OC *priɡs, *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ). Unrelated to 心, as bronze script makes clear, but in current form very similar. Unclear (Schuessler, 2007).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
你必須醒醒。
You've got to wake up.
有起必有落。
What goes up must come down.
你必須去做。
You must do it.
你必須離開。
You need to leave.
我必須幫助她。
I must help her.
你必須做選擇。
You have to choose.
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Derived terms
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