1. 快
  2. 要

快

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Meta:

  1. 快 is the 366th most frequent character.
  2. 快 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 快 appears as a character in 64 words.
  4. 快 appears as a component in 1 character.

Decomposition:

Once :
快 => 忄, 夬
Radical :
快 => 忄 (heart), No glyph available, 丨 (line), 人 (human)
Graphical :
快 => 丨, 八, 匚, 丨, 人

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. kuai4 - rapid/quick/speed/rate/soon/almost/to make haste/clever/sharp (of knives or wits)/forthright/plain-spoken/gratified/pleased/pleasant

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 快 (kuai4): The component 夬 is pronounced as 'guai4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

快 
快乐 (快樂)

Medium Frequency

尽快 (儘快)
快快乐乐 (快快樂樂)
快捷 
快要 
快速 
快递 (快遞)
快点 (快點)
愉快 
赶快 (趕快)

Appears In:

快 also appears in:
筷

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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