要

Information about character(s)

Radical: 襾
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 3
Total Strokes: 9

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yāo, yào, yǎo
Cantonese: jiu1 jiu3
JapaneseKun: IRU MOTOMERU KANAME
JapaneseOn: YOU
Korean: YO
Vietnamese: yếu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: necessary, essential; necessity

CE-Dict: important/vital/to want/will/going to (as future auxiliary)/may/must/(used in a comparison) must be/probably

Soothill: Important, essential, necessary, strategic; want, need; about to; intercept; coerce; agree, etc.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to invite; to request the presence of
2.to date; to engage
3.to ask for; to claim
4.to force; to threaten
5.to stop
6.to investigate; to examine
yao
ㄧㄠA
1.important; essential
2.to want; to wish
3.to ask sb. to do sth.
4.might; must; should
5.shall; will
6.to require or need (time, etc.)
7.if; in case

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: ask for; demand; force; essential; important; must; need; shall; want; will
wish
【經】 wants

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: demand; important; must; need; shall; want; will; ask for

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《𦥑部》要身中也。象人要自𦥑之形。从𦥑，交省聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集下】【襾字部】要
〔古文〕𡢗𦥼𠾅【唐韻】於霄切【集韻】【韻會】伊消切，𠀤音邀。【博雅】約也。【論語】久要不忘平生之言。【註】久要，舊約也。【左傳·哀十四年】使季路要我，吾無盟矣。　又求也。【孟子】脩其天爵，以要人爵。　又䙅也。【詩·魏風】要之襋之，好人服之。　又會也。【禮·樂記】要其節奏。【註】要，猶會也。【釋文】要，一遙反。　又【廣韻】勒也。　又劫也。【前漢·文帝紀】上自欲征匈奴，羣臣諫不聽，皇太后固要，上乃止。　又劾也，察也。【周禮·秋官·鄕士】異其死𠛬之罪而要之。【疏】要，劾實也。【書·康誥要囚傳】要察囚情，得其辭以斷獄。　又衞圻之外，謂之要服。【書·禹貢】五百里要服。　又姓。【通志·氏族略】吳人要離之後，漢有河南令要兢，唐建中朔方大將軍要珍。　又水名。【水經注】濡水，又東南流與要水合。　又靑要，山名。【山海經】靑要之山，寔惟帝之密都。　又高要，縣名。【一統志】屬廣州府。　又與腰通。【說文】身中也，象人要自𦥑之形。今作腰。別詳肉部。　又【廣韻】於笑切。讀去聲。【篇海】凡要也，要會也。【孝經】先王有至德要道。【晉書·宣帝紀】軍事大要有五。　又《論語》久要，亦讀去聲。【王安石·老人行】古來人事已如此，今日何須論久要。叶入誚韻。　又【集韻】伊鳥切，音杳。與騕同。騕褭，良馬名。或作要。　又以紹切，音𤕷。與偠同。偠紹或作要紹。舒緩貌也。

Buddhism words and phrases important, essential, necessary

Japanese Places Kaname (loc)

CF-Dict: avoir besoin de/ demander/réclamer/désirer/vouloir/devoir/il faut/essentiel/substance/si/supposé que/soit... soit...

Han-De-Dict: etwas haben wollen, wollen, sollen, erfordern, werden, müssen (u.E.) (V)/mögen, brauchen (u.E.) (V)/Yao (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)/Zukunftspartikel (u.E.)