1. 首
  2. 要

首

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  1. 首 is the 481st most frequent character.
  2. 首 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 首 appears as a character in 71 words.
  4. 首 appears as a component in 5 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
首 => 䒑, 自
Radical :
首 => 首 (head)
Graphical :
首 => 丷, 一, 口, 二, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shou3 - head/chief/first (occasion, thing etc)/classifier for poems, songs etc

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 首 (shou3): The component 首 is pronounced as 'shou3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

首 
首页 (首頁)

Medium Frequency

回首 
首先 
首席 
首映 
首次 
首尔 (首爾)
首发 (首發)
首要 
首选 (首選)
首都 
首领 (首領)
首饰 (首飾)

Appears In:

首 also appears in:
道首馗艏馘

要

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  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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