1. 主
  2. 要

主

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Meta:

  1. 主 is the 87th most frequent character.
  2. 主 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 主 appears as a character in 228 words.
  4. 主 appears as a component in 15 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
主 => 王, 丶
Radical :
主 => 王 (jade), 丶 (dot)
Graphical :
主 => 一, 一, 丨, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhu3 - owner/master/host/individual or party concerned/God/Lord/main/to indicate or signify/trump card (in card games)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 主 (zhu3): The component 丶 is pronounced as 'zhu3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

主 
主人 
主动 (主動)
主持人 
主要 
主角 
主题 (主題)
公主 
地主 

Medium Frequency

主人公 
主任 
主力 
主场 (主場)
主妇 (主婦)
主宰 
主导 (主導)
主席 
主张 (主張)
主意 
主持 
主播 
主料 
主板 
主机 (主機)
主权 (主權)
主流 
主演 
主管 
主线 (主線)
主编 (主編)
主见 (主見)
主观 (主觀)
主办 (主辦)
主页 (主頁)
主食 
主体 (主體)
做主 
副主席 
君主 
失主 
店主 
教主 
业主 (業主)
毛主席 
民主 
为主 (為主)
班主任 
社会主义 (社會主義)
自主 
资本主义 (資本主義)
车主 (車主)

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要

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Meta:

  1. 要 is the 26th most frequent character.
  2. 要 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 要 appears as a character in 77 words.
  4. 要 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
要 => 覀, 女
Radical :
要 => 覀 (west), 女 (woman)
Graphical :
要 => 覀, ㇛, 一, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yao1 - to demand/to request/to coerce
  2. yao4 - important/vital/to want/will/going to (as future auxiliary)/may/must/(used in a comparison) must be/probably

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 要 (yao1): The component 覀 is pronounced as 'ya2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 要 (yao4): The component 覀 is pronounced as 'ya2'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

要 

Medium Frequency

主要 
只要 
必要 
想要 
要是 
要求 
要么 (要麼)
重要 
需要 

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要 also appears in:
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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