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要 U+8981, 要
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8981
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Translingual

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Han character

要 (Kangxi radical 146, 襾+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一田女 (MWV), four-corner 10404, composition ⿱覀女)

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1128, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34768
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1597, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2805, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+8981
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (要) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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Pictogram (象形): a man 大 then drawn as a woman (女) with two hands pointing to his/her midsection. On top of the character there was huge eye 目, then stylized as a horn 角. The hands gradually shifted upwards; hence, a nearly-original version of the character is 𡢗. All the upper part was eventually stylized as 覀. Unrelated to 栗 but partly related to 票.

Original meaning was “waist” (now 腰 (OC *qew)).

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • iou1 - Chaozhou;
  • iao1 - Shantou, Jieyang, Chaoyang.
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Definitions

要

  1. to demand; to ask; to request
    要求  ―  yāoqiú  ―  to request
  2. to force; to coerce
    要脅／要胁  ―  yāoxié  ―  to threaten, to blackmail
  3. to promise
    要約／要约  ―  yāoyuē  ―  to restrict, to agree to a contract/offer/bid
  4. to block; to intercept
    要擊／要击  ―  yāojī  ―  to intercept, to ambush
  5. (obsolete) alternative form of 邀 (“to invite”)
  6. (obsolete) alternative form of 腰 (“waist”)
  7. (obsolete) contract of alliance
    久要  ―  jiǔyāo  ―  former contract
  8. a surname

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (要):
  • → Japanese: 要(よう) (yō)
  • → Korean: 요(要) (yo)
  • → Vietnamese: yêu (要)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Note:
  • iou3 - Chaozhou;
  • iao3 - Shantou, Jieyang, Chaoyang.
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Definitions

要

  1. to want; to wish
    我要睡覺。／我要睡觉。  ―  Wǒ yào shuìjiào.  ―  I want to sleep.
    你要不要喝茶？  ―  Nǐ yào bù yào hē chá?  ―  Do you want some tea?
  2. to wish to have or keep
    你要番茄醬嗎？／你要番茄酱吗？  ―  Nǐ yào fānqiéjiàng ma?  ―  Do you want ketchup?
    這本書你還要嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
    这本书你还要吗？ [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè běn shū nǐ hái yào ma? [Pinyin]
    Do you still want this book?
    他想要一部新手機。 [MSC, trad.]
    他想要一部新手机。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā xiǎng yào yī bù xīn shǒujī. [Pinyin]
    He wants to have a new cell phone.
  3. to ask for
    我要了一瓶啤酒。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Wǒ yào le yī píng píjiǔ. [Pinyin]
    I asked for a bottle of beer.
    弟弟又跟媽媽要錢了。 [MSC, trad.]
    弟弟又跟妈妈要钱了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Dìdì yòu gēn māmā yào qián le. [Pinyin]
    My brother asked mom for money again.
  4. to request
    他要我給他買本書。 [MSC, trad.]
    他要我给他买本书。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā yào wǒ gěi tā mǎi běn shū. [Pinyin]
    He requested that I buy a book for him.
    老闆要我馬上回覆。 [MSC, trad.]
    老板要我马上回覆。 [MSC, simp.]
    Lǎobǎn yào wǒ mǎshàng huífù. [Pinyin]
    My boss demanded that I reply immediately.
  5. to need
    從這裡到上海要兩個小時。 [MSC, trad.]
    从这里到上海要两个小时。 [MSC, simp.]
    Cóng zhèlǐ dào Shànghǎi yào liǎng ge xiǎoshí. [Pinyin]
    It takes two hours to reach Shanghai from here.
    養大一個孩子要多少錢？ [MSC, trad.]
    养大一个孩子要多少钱？ [MSC, simp.]
    Yǎng dà yī ge háizǐ yào duōshào qián? [Pinyin]
    How much does it take to raise a child?
  6. will; going to (future auxiliary)
    我要走了。  ―  Wǒ yào zǒu le.  ―  I am going to go.
    我怕我們要遲到了。 [MSC, trad.]
    我怕我们要迟到了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ pà wǒmen yào chídào le. [Pinyin]
    I fear that we will be late.
    出便咁黑，又好似要落雨噉。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    ceot1 bin6 gam3 hak1, jau6 hou2 ci5 jiu3 lok6 jyu5 gam2. [Jyutping]
    It looks like it's going to rain outside.
  7. should; must; to have to
    不要喝酒。  ―  Bùyào hē jiǔ.  ―  Don't drink alcohol.
    你今天一定要去看病。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Nǐ jīntiān yīdìng yào qù kànbìng. [Pinyin]
    You must go to the doctor today.
    你要等一會兒，我的老闆現在正忙得不可開交。 [MSC, trad.]
    你要等一会儿，我的老板现在正忙得不可开交。 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ yào děng yīhuìr, wǒ de lǎobǎn xiànzài zhèng máng de bùkěkāijiāo. [Pinyin]
    You have to wait a moment. My boss is extremely busy now.
  8. vital; important
    要職／要职  ―  yàozhí  ―  important post
    主要  ―  zhǔyào  ―  main
  9. important points; essentials
  10. if; in case of
    要繫腰帶，就用不著吊帶了。 [MSC, trad.]
    要系腰带，就用不着吊带了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Yào jì yāodài, jiù yòngbùzháo diàodài le. [Pinyin]
    You don't need braces if you're wearing a belt.
  11. (dated Shanghainese) Used to indicate the future tense.
    Synonym: 快

Usage notes

  • Beware that 要飯／要饭 (yàofàn, literally “to want rice”) is a phrase with the meaning "to be a beggar/loafer" which is insulting to others and should be avoided when asking a person whether they want rice.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 要 (“to want (to do something)”) [map]
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Dialectal synonyms of 要 (“to wish to have; to want (an object)”) [map]
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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (要):

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

要

  1. (archaic) alternative form of 偠 (yǎo)
  2. used in 要褭／要袅

Compounds

  • 要妙
  • 要眇
  • 要紹 / 要绍
  • 要褭 / 要袅

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