1. 想
  2. 要

想

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Meta:

  1. 想 is the 99th most frequent character.
  2. 想 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 想 appears as a character in 72 words.
  4. 想 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
想 => 相, 心
Radical :
想 => 木 (tree), 目 (eye), 心 (heart)
Graphical :
想 => 一, 丨, 八, 口, 二, 𠁼, ㇃

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiang3 - to think/to believe/to suppose/to wish/to want/to miss

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 想 (xiang3): The component 相 is pronounced as 'xiang1'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 想 (xiang3): The component 相 is pronounced as 'xiang4'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 想 (xiang3): The component 心 is pronounced as 'xin1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

想 

Medium Frequency

梦想 (夢想)
幻想 
心想 
思想 
想到 
想念 
想想 
想法 
想要 
想象 
想起 
理想 

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 

Appears In:

要 also appears in:
闄覅
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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