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腰

yāo

waist, lower back; middle; pocket

🔤 Pictophonetic: ⺼ (flesh) provides meaning, 要 provides pronunciation
HSK 5 13 strokes Common (15%)
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Component Breakdown

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⺼
meat, flesh; organic compound
要
yào
essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand
⿰⺼要 i

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Component Tree i

⺼
meat, flesh; organic compound
📷 Pictographic: Meat on the ribs of an animal; compare 肉
4 strokes
yào
要
essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand
💡 Ideographic: A woman 女 with hands on her waist 覀
9 strokes HSK 2

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