必
Certain
| on’yomi | kun’yomi | Radicals |
|---|---|---|
| ひつ | かなら.ず | 心 + 丿 |
Meaning: Certain
The slide coming out of the patient’s heart is there because a mad scientist is testing to see if it’s a good way to drain the body of blood. The patient is alive now… but they are definitely slated for certain death.
As you imagine the mad scientist drawing blood out of the patient’s heart with a small slide, also imagine a little meter hooked up to him as well. On one end is “SURVIVE!” on the other end is “CERTAIN DEATH.” Right now the finger is pointing close to certain death, though :(
Reading: ひつ
As the beeping heart things starts to do one long continuous beeeeeeeeeeeeeep, the doctor puts his hands together and hits (ひつ) the dead patient over and over, attempting to bring him back.
Maybe imagine yourself running in there too, just trying to hit the patient back to life, because the patient was your friend.
Vocabulary
Only one vocab to learn right now, others to learn later (as you learn more kanji).
a 必ず（かならず）＝ Always, Without Exception
- Meaning: Pretty much the same as the kanji. It’s something that’s certain. It’s always. It’s without exception.
- Reading: The reading is the kun’yomi reading. You have to remember the かなら part to get the reading of it. It’s a bit long, but you can think “can a Ra” (かなら) do this (as in Ra, the Egyptian God)? “Certainly, certainly he can.”