1. 綱
  2. 要

綱

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  1. 綱 is the 1931st most frequent character.
  2. 綱 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 綱 appears as a character in 12 words.
  4. 綱 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
綱 => 糹, 岡
Radical :
綱 => 糹 (silk), 冂 (upside down box), 丷 (eight/divide), 一 (one), 山 (mountain)
Graphical :
綱 => ㇛, 丶, 丶, 冂, 丷, 一, 丨, 凵

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. gang1 - head rope of a fishing net/guiding principle/key link/class (taxonomy)/outline/program

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 綱 (gang1): The component 岡 is pronounced as 'gang1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

大纲 (大綱)

Medium Frequency

提纲 (提綱)
纲 (綱)
纲要 (綱要)
纲领 (綱領)
党纲 (黨綱)

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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