1. 需
  2. 要

需

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Meta:

  1. 需 is the 408th most frequent character.
  2. 需 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 需 appears as a character in 13 words.
  4. 需 appears as a component in 14 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
需 => 雨, 而
Radical :
需 => 雨 (rain), 而 (beard)
Graphical :
需 => 一, 冂, 丨, 丶, ㇀, 冫, 一, 丿, 冂, 丨

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xu1 - to require/to need/to want/necessity/need

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 需 (xu1): The component 雨 is pronounced as 'yu4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 需 (xu1): The component 雨 is pronounced as 'yu3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

需要 

Medium Frequency

需 
需求 

Appears In:

需 also appears in:
儒懦蠕孺嚅糯濡繻薷襦颥臑顬羺

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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