1. 要
  2. 命

要

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  • 26th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.42% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 138 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
要→
覀女
2Radical
要→
覀west女woman
3Graphical
要→
覀㇛一丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yāo (yao1)to demand • to request • to coerce
2. yào (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 yāo (yao1)The component 覀 is pronounced as 'yá' (ya2). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for 要 yào (yao4)The component 覀 is pronounced as 'yá' (ya2). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

要 also appears in:
闄覅

Example Words

Common

只要 
想要 
重要 
需要 

Uncommon

主要 
必要 
快要 
紧要 (緊要)
要命 
要是 
要求 
要么 (要麼)
非要 

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命

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  • 258th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 195 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
命→
亼叩
2Radical
命→
人human一one口mouth卩seal
3Graphical
命→
人一口丨㇆

Pinyin & Meaning

1. mìng (ming4)life • fate • order or command • to assign a name, title etc

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

命运 (命運)
生命 
革命 

Uncommon

人命 
使命 
偿命 (償命)
命中 
命令 
命名 
命题 (命題)
寿命 (壽命)
天命 
宿命 
性命 
拼命 
救命 
死命 
生命力 
相依为命 (相依為命)
算命 
维他命 (維他命)
听天由命 (聽天由命)
致命 
苦命 
要命 
认命 (認命)

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