1. 次
  2. 要

次

Previous (位)Next (度)
  • 183rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.11% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 138 words
  • Component in 13 characters

Decomposition

1Once
次→
冫欠
2Radical
次→
冫ice欠yawn
3Graphical
次→
丶㇀⺈人

Pinyin & Meaning

1. cì (ci4)next in sequence • second • the second (day, time etc) • secondary • vice- • sub- • infra- • inferior quality • substandard • order • sequence • hypo- (chemistry) • classifier for enumerated events: time

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

次 also appears in:
资盗姿茨瓷咨羡恣粢資趑餈秶

Example Words

Common

再次 
次方 

Uncommon

一次性 
上次 
下次 
人次 
依次 
其次 
名次 
层次 (層次)
档次 (檔次)
次元 
次数 (次數)
次于 (次於)
次日 
次要 
班次 
语无伦次 (語無倫次)
首次 

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要

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Previous (时)Next (就)
  • 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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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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