1. 要
  2. 诀

要

Previous (时)Next (就)

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

诀

#Back to top
Previous (叨)Next (旭)

Meta:

  1. 诀 is the 2839th most frequent character.
  2. 诀 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 诀 appears as a character in 7 words.
  4. 诀 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
诀 => 讠, 夬
Radical :
诀 => 讠 (speech), No glyph available, 丨 (line), 人 (human)
Graphical :
诀 => ㇊, 丶, 匚, 丨, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jue2 - farewell/secrets (of an art)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

秘诀 (秘訣)

Medium Frequency

口诀 (口訣)
要诀 (要訣)
诀窍 (訣竅)
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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.