1. 要
  2. 挟

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.

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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挟

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Previous (嗽)Next (缸)
  • 2810th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 11 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
挟→
扌夹
2Radical
挟→
扌hand人human二two丷eight/divide
3Graphical
挟→
亅二人二丷

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiā (jia1)hold between
2. xié (xie2)to clasp under the arm • to coerce

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 挟 jiā (jia1)The component 夹 is pronounced as 'jiā' (jia1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for 挟 jiā (jia1)The component 夹 is pronounced as 'jiá' (jia2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for 挟 xié (xie2)The component 丷 is pronounced as 'xx5' (xx5). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

挟持 (挾持)
裹挟 (裹挾)

Uncommon

要挟 (要挾)

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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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