The Chinese Radical: 必


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Meaning
certainly, must    必

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 3
certainly, must, will, necessarily

Heart 心, lance ノ
The heart is pierced by the lance - certainly!  
HSK 4
dense, thick, intimate, close, secret

From top: roof 宀, certainly 必 (The heart 心 is pierced by a lance ノ - certainly!), montain 山
If under the roof is certainly a mountains of ..., then it will be dense and thick.  
HSK 5
secret, secretary

Left: rice plant 禾, right: certainly 必 (The heart 心 is pierced by a lance ノ - certainly!)
(They are so fructuous) Rice plants certainly have a secret!  
HSK 5
honey

Top: 宓 (roof 宀, certainly 必 [The heart 心 is pierced by a lance ノ - certainly!]), bottom: insect 虫
Under the roof are certainly insects for making honey.  
HSK 6
seep out, pour off, secrete

Left: water 氵, right: certainly 必 (The heart 心 is pierced by a lance ノ - certainly!)
The water will certainly seep out.  
no HSK
zither with 5-25 strings on a board

Top: Image of two pegs 王 for tensioning the strings of a string instrument, below: certainly 必 (but here: strings 心 and a finger ノ)
The string instruments with strings for one finger is the zither.  

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.

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