要 (yāo, yào) — Chinese Character

要

yāo, yào

(bound form) to demand; to coerce

Radical: 覀 HSK 1 v ideographic

Components & Etymology

要 decomposes into the following components:

覀女

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 要.

不要

bù yào

主要

zhǔ yào

会要

huì yào

偏要

piān yào

切要

qiè yào

势要

shì yào

只要

zhǐ yào

大要

dà yào

将要

jiāng yào

就要

jiù yào

待要

dài yào

得要

děi yào

Characters that share the radical 覀.

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