1. 要
  2. 求

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

求

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Meta:

  1. 求 is the 312th most frequent character.
  2. 求 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 求 appears as a character in 73 words.
  4. 求 appears as a component in 10 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
求 => No glyph available, 氺
Radical :
求 => 𠂇 (left hand), 丶 (dot), 氺 (water)
Graphical :
求 => 𠂇, 丶, 亅, 丶, ㇀, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. qiu2 - to seek/to look for/to request/to demand/to beseech

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

求 

Medium Frequency

奢求 
寻求 (尋求)
强求 (強求)
求助 
求婚 
求职 (求職)
求解 
祈求 
要求 
请求 (請求)
追求 
需求 

Appears In:

求 also appears in:
球救裘俅逑赇絿蛷銶脙
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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