1. 要
  2. 點

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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點

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Previous (关)Next (正)
  • 128th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 321 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
點→
黑占
2Radical
點→
黑black⺊divination口mouth
3Graphical
點→
口丨丷一丨一灬丨一口

Pinyin & Meaning

1. diǎn (dian3)point • dot • drop • speck • o'clock • point (in space or time) • to draw a dot • to check on a list • to choose • to order (food in a restaurant) • to touch briefly • to hint • to light • to ignite • to pour a liquid drop by drop • (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] • dot stroke in Chinese characters • classifier for items

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

一点 (一點)
差点 (差點)
快点 (快點)
早点 (早點)
有点 (有點)
点亮 (點亮)
点击 (點擊)
点滴 (點滴)

Uncommon

一点儿 (一點兒)
一点点 (一點點)
亮点 (亮點)
优点 (優點)
共同点 (共同點)
加点 (加點)
半点 (半點)
原点 (原點)
地点 (地點)
差一点 (差一點)
几点 (幾點)
弱点 (弱點)
指点 (指點)
斑点 (斑點)
晚点 (晚點)
景点 (景點)
有点儿 (有點兒)
极点 (極點)
标点 (標點)
正点 (正點)
沸点 (沸點)
焦点 (焦點)
热点 (熱點)
特点 (特點)
甜点 (甜點)
盘点 (盤點)
站点 (站點)
终点 (終點)
终点站 (終點站)
网点 (網點)
缺点 (缺點)
装点 (裝點)
要点 (要點)
观点 (觀點)
卖点 (賣點)
起点 (起點)
重点 (重點)
钟点 (鐘點)
零点 (零點)
点儿 (點兒)
点名 (點名)
点子 (點子)
点心 (點心)
点数 (點數)
点火 (點火)
点燃 (點燃)
点球 (點球)
点睛 (點睛)
点缀 (點綴)
点菜 (點菜)
点评 (點評)
点钟 (點鐘)
点头 (點頭)
点点 (點點)
点点滴滴 (點點滴滴)

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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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