1. 要
  2. 挾

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

挾

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Meta:

  1. 挾 is the 2810th most frequent character.
  2. 挾 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 挾 appears as a character in 5 words.
  4. 挾 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
挾 => 扌, 夾
Radical :
挾 => 扌 (hand), 大 (big), 从 (N/A)
Graphical :
挾 => 亅, 二, 人, 一, 从

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jia1 - hold between
  2. xie2 - to clasp under the arm/to coerce

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 挾 (jia1): The component 夾 is pronounced as 'jia1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 挾 (jia1): The component 夾 is pronounced as 'jia2'. It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words:

High Frequency

挟 (挾)

Medium Frequency

挟持 (挾持)
裹挟 (裹挾)
要挟 (要挾)
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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