Etymology

Character Input: 要

Simplified (简体字):
Unicode := 8981
GB2312-80 := D2AA
要

Traditional (繁軆字):
Unicode := 8981
Big5 := AD6E
要

Phonetic (聲字部分): none

Signific (有意部分): 要 remnant

Etymology (文字來源): Signific Cluster, top part - hands around the child's head about to be delivered, bottom woman - loins - waist

Simplification (简化方法): no simplification

Cantonese (廣東話): yiu1 yiu3

Taiwanese (台灣話): iau3

English Senses For (英文): yao4
necessary / important / essential / necessity / must / should / ought to / to want / to demand / to need / to require / to desire / to take / to summarize / a summary / a generalization / a synopsis / will / shall - to indicate the future tense / brief / if / in case

English Senses For (英文): yao1
to invite / to request the presence of / to engage / to date / to make an agreement / to ask for / to demand / to claim / to make a claim / to request / requests / to coerce / to force / to blackmail / to threaten / to stop / to censure / to investigate / to examine / the waist or midriff 亦作「腰」 / a Chinese family name

ShuoWen (说文解字):
古文要

Class: traditional = simplified

Input Single Character (單字):


  Seal (說文解字來的篆軆字) Characters 

 
  s02003

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        L32159    L32160    L32161    L32162    L07662    L07663    L07664

   
  L07665    L07666    L07667

  Bronze (金文编來的字) Characters 

  
  b03494    b03495

  Oracle (甲骨文编來的字) Characters

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