Character Details
| need (to); need | Ascii: 26524 | w870 | |||||||||
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| Hanyu | Pinyin | Pronunciation | Tone | Components/Primitives | Wiktionary | Alt Sounds | |||||
| 需要 | xūyào | tshew-yoh | 1+4 | 难 difficult + 看 look → ugly | 需要 link | ||||||
| Picture | Character Story | ||||||||||
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Not Yet Developed | ||||||||||
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| [HSK 2] - — | |||||||||||
| Examples | |||||||||||
| - How long does it take？ | - Do you need anything? | ||||||||||
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| Compound Character Decomposition | |||||||||||
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| Structure | Construction | ||||||||||
| left‑right; verb | 需 (雨 rain + 而 beard) + 要 (west + woman) | ||||||||||
| A bearded sage in the rain declares, “Need is the root of desire.” | |||||||||||