要

yào

to want; to need; to ask for

will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important

Cover/store (覀) + woman (女) = want; need; should

覀 is a variant of 西, originally depicting a basket or cover used to store things — what one keeps and guards. A woman (女) securing what is stored evokes the idea of claiming, needing, and wanting.

覀+女→要

女WomanSemantic

覀Variant of 西Semantic

Words with 要

次要

cì yào

secondary

要紧

yào jǐn

important

重要

zhòng yào

important; significant; major

重要性

zhòng yào xìng

importance

险要

xiǎn yào

strategically situated and easy to defend

需要

xū yào

to need; to want; to demand; to require

需要是发明之母

xū yào shì fā míng zhī mǔ

Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).

显要

xiǎn yào

prominent; eminent

首要

shǒu yào

the most important

高要

gāo yāo

see 高要區|高要区[Gao1 yao1 Qu1]

高要区

gāo yāo qū

Gaoyao, a district of Zhaoqing City 肇慶市|肇庆市[Zhao4 qing4 Shi4], Guangdong

齐民要术

qí mín yào shù

Essential skill to benefit the people, sixth century encyclopedia of agricultural knowledge by Jia Sixie 賈思勰|贾思勰[Jia3 Si1 xie2]

More characters with 覀

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