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要
要 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “necessary”. It is built from 覀 (west) and 女 (woman). It appears as a component in 12 other characters in this index.
- Keyword
- necessary
- Pinyin (Mandarin)
- yào
- Script
- Chinese hanzi
- Also known as
- necessary, essential, необходимый, существенный, essential
- Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
- 要 need
Decomposition
ids
Characters that contain 要
- 偠 偠
- 喓 chirping
- 嘦 if only
- 婹 婹
- 嫑 嫑
- 崾 place name in shanxi province
- 楆 楆
- 腰 waist
- 葽 type of grain
- 覅 覅
- 闄 闄
- 騕 name of a fabulous horse
How to find 要 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “west” + “woman”. 要 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 要 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.