1. 必
  2. 要

必

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Meta:

  1. 必 is the 248th most frequent character.
  2. 必 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 必 appears as a character in 38 words.
  4. 必 appears as a component in 16 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
必 => 心, 丿
Radical :
必 => 心 (heart), 丿 (bend)
Graphical :
必 => 𠁼, ㇃, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. bi4 - certainly/must/will/necessarily

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

必 
必须 (必須)

Medium Frequency

何必 
必备 (必備)
必胜客 (必勝客)
必定 
必然 
必要 
必需品 
未必 

Appears In:

必 also appears in:
秘瑟泌宓毖铋祕邲閟苾袐虙鴓鉍駜鮅

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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