要 [yào yāo yăo] - essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand
radical: 覀 [xià]: cover
decomposition: ⿱覀女
etymology: ideographic
hint: A woman 女 with hands on her waist 覀
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Integrated Chinese Vocabulary:
要
[yào]:
to want (L5-1)
要
[yào]:
to want to (L6-1)
要是
[yàoshi]:
if (L6-1)
要不然
[yàobùrán]:
otherwise (L15-2)
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