| Chinese Text Project | |
| Simplified Chinese version |
| 必 U+5FC5 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo |
| Radical: | 心+ 1 strokes = 4 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.470#56 Kangxi: p.375#02 Cihai: p.522r5c01 GSR: 405.a Hanyu: v4,p2267#02 |
| Composition: | Merging of 心 and 丿. Component of: 𢗈 𭖑 佖 𠛡 𠨘 𮤲 𫵘 𨸼 𢗺 𭐡 咇 𫗣 妼 宓 𠰣 怭 㘠 𡊭 泌 𡶇 [More] |
| Mandarin: | bì ㄅㄧˋ |
| Cantonese: | bit1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *bit |
| Shuowen: | 《八部》必：分极也。从八、弋，弋亦声。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·入声·质·必》必：审也，然也。《说文》曰：分极也，从八弋。卑吉切，二十七。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·心部·心部》必：《唐韵》𤰞吉切《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》璧吉切，𠀤音毕。《说文》分极也。从八戈。戈亦声。《赵宧光笺》弋犹表识也，分极犹畺界也，故从八弋。又定辞也。《诗·齐风》取妻如之何，必告父母。又专也。《扬子·太𤣥经》赤石不夺，节士之必。《注》石不可夺坚，丹不可夺赤，犹节士之必专也。又期必也。《论语》子绝四，毋意，毋必。又审也。《后汉·刘陶传》所与交友，必也同志。又果也。《后汉·宣帝纪赞》孝宣之治，信赏必罚。又必育，人名。燧人氏之佐也。《羣辅录》必育受税俗。《注》受赋税及徭役，所宜施爲也。又《字汇补》赤犮必力。山名。河水所出也。见僧宗泐记。又《古今字考》幷列切，音縪。组也。《周礼·冬官考工记》玉人之事，天子圭中必。《注》谓以组约其中央，以备失坠。◎按周礼考工释文，必卽组也，读如縪者，俗读之也。弓檠之䪐从韦，正譌欲举以驳《说文》，迂矣，当以《说文》爲正。又按必字不从心，《字汇》幷入心部。《正字通》因之，取其形似，便于检阅尔。 |
| Fanqie: | 卑吉 (《广韵·入声·质·必》) |
| Unihan definition: | surely, most certainly; must |
Example usage
| 《论语·学而》: | 虽曰未学，吾必谓之学矣。 |
| Although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has. | |
| 《孟子·尽心上》: | 观水有术，必观其澜。 |
| There is an art in the contemplation of water. It is necessary to look at it as foaming in waves. | |
| 《礼记·三年问》: | 凡生天地之间者，有血气之属必有知，有知之属莫不知爱其类。 |
| All living creatures between heaven and earth, being endowed with blood and breath, have a certain amount of knowledge. Possessing that amount of knowledge, there is not one of them but knows to love its species. | |
| 《孝经·感应》: | 故虽天子，必有尊也，言有父也。 |
| Therefore even the Son of Heaven must have some whom he honors; that is, he has his uncles of his surname. | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 曰：“必也淫。” |
| Yangzi said: They were excessive by necessity. | |
| 《墨子·经说上》: | 故：小故，有之不必然，无之必不然。 |
| 'Minor reason': having this, it will not necessarily be so; lacking this, necessarily it will not be so. | |
| 《庄子·齐物论》: | 奚必知代而心自取者有之？ |
| Not only would it be so with those who know the sequences (of knowledge and feeling) and make their own selection among them. | |
| 《道德经》: | 大军之后，必有凶年。 |
| In the sequence of great armies there are sure to be bad years. | |
| 《商君书·更法》: | 有独知之虑者，必见訾于民。 |
| He who has thoughts of independent knowledge is certainly despised by the world. | |
| 《孙子兵法·始计》: | 将听吾计，用之必胜，留之。 |
| The general that hearkens to my counsel and acts upon it, will conquer: let such a one be retained in command! | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 君子能为可贵，不能使人必贵己。 |
| 《说苑·君道》: | 凡处尊位者必以敬，下顺德规谏，必开不讳之门，撙节安静以藉之，谏者勿振以威，毋格其言，博采其辞，乃择可观。 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 今取必纳币，纳币之月在丧分，故谓之丧取也。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷一》: | 传曰：所谓士者，虽不能尽备乎道术，必有由也。 |
| 《大戴礼记·主言》: | 是故明主之守也，必折冲于千里之外。 |
| 《白虎通德论·爵》: | 举从下升，以为人无生得贵者，莫不由士起，是以舜时称为天子，必先试于士礼。 |
| 《新书·修政语下》: | 周武王问于王子旦曰：“敢问治有必成，而战有必胜乎？” |
| 《新序·善谋下》: | 公诚能无爱金玉璧帛，令太子为书，卑辞以安车迎之，因使辩士固请宜来，来以为客，时时从入朝，令上见之，上见之即必异问之，问之，上知此四人，亦一助也。 |
| 《中论·治学》: | 倦立而思远，不如速行之必至也。 |
| 《孔子家语·相鲁》: | 孔子摄相事，曰：“臣闻有文事者必有武备，有武事者必有文备。” |
| 《潜夫论·赞学》: | 是故“工欲善其事，必先利其器”。 |
| 《论衡·命义》: | 历阳之都，长平之坑，其中必有命善禄盛之人，一宿同填而死，遭逢之祸大，命善禄盛不能郤也。 |
| 《太玄经·锐》: | 测曰，“锐一”之“达”、执道必也。 |
| 《风俗通义》: | 孔子称：“幸苟有过，人必知之。” |
| 《孔丛子·嘉言》: | 子张曰：“女子必渐乎二十而后嫁，何也？” |
| 《申鉴·政体》: | 君子之所以动天地、应神明、正万物，而成王治者，必本乎真实而已。 |
| 《忠经·冢臣章》: | 虽有周、孔之才，必以忠为本也。 |
| 《素书·遵义章》: | 小功不赏，则大功不立，小怨不赦，则大怨必生。 |
| 《新语·道基》: | 夫谋事不并仁义者后必败，殖不固本而立高基者后必崩。 |
| 《独断·卷上》: | 天子必有近臣，执兵陈于陛侧以戒不虞。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 四夷乐之别名：王者必作四夷之乐以定天下之欢心，祭神明和而歌之，以管乐为之声。 |
| 《鲁胜墨辩注叙》: | 孔子曰：“必也正名，名不正则事不成。” |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 形，必终者也 |
| 《鶡冠子·环流》: | 命之所立，贤不必得，不肖不必失。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 志弱者柔毳安静，藏于不取，行于不能，澹然无为，动不失时，故“贵必以贱为本，高必以下为基。” |
| 《文始真经·一宇》: | 为者必败，执者必失。 |
| 《列仙传·平常生》: | 云复水雨五日必止 |
| 《鬻子》: | 故君子之谋能必用道，而不能必见受。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 多言数穷，多事害神，多言害身，口开舌举，必有祸患。 |
| 《韩非子·存韩》: | 夫赵氏聚士卒，养从徒，欲赘天下之兵，明秦不弱，则诸侯必灭宗庙，欲西面行其意，非一日之计也。 |
| 《申不害·大体》: | 今夫弑君而取国者，非必逾城郭之险而犯门闾之闭也。 |
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