Zi:要
要 [yào] want; will; must/should/need [yāo] 要求 yāoqiú request/demand; (HDZ:) … [yǎo] (骏马名) 要/騕褭
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The character 要 (9 strokes) is an abbrev. of old forms such as 𡢗 (16 strokes), replacing the old top part ⿲𠀉囟彐 (13 strokes) with 覀 (6 strokes), as in 票/𤐫.
Note: Today 要 yào/yāo ‘want/request’, formerly 要 yāo ‘waist’ (today wr. 腰 yāo ‘waist’).
The Shuōwén Seal form of 要(𡢗) yāo ‘waist’ (later wr. 腰/𦝫) was formerly wr. 𦥺, putting 𦥑 ‘two hands’ on the hips/waist, at the center of the body: the central shape of the old form 𦥺 is said to represent the body/hips of a person; later this came to be wr. as 女 nǚ ‘woman’.
Note: 要 yāo ‘request/seek’ (要求), formerly also wr. 邀(徼); many old variants specified 要/腰 yāo ‘waist’, 𦝫/䯚/𩩼/𩩐/𩩣/𩨴/𩩓.
Compare: 臾/㬰(𠒍), 腴 yú ‘belly fat’, formerly wr. 臾; 农/𨑇/農(䢉); 票(𤐫).
Compare: 黽(𪓑𪓝) měng ‘frog’; 卵 luǎn ‘egg’ (abbrev. of 黽); 申(𦥔) shēn ‘flexible/stretch’ (伸), 坤 kūn ‘female’ (☷䷁).
Compare: 西(㢴) xī ‘west’ (which is also sometimes wr. 覀 as a component).
HDZ: 要 : yāo : (SW: 身中) 腰: 人体胯上胁下部分; 系在腰间; 邀请 (要約, cf. 邀約→); 相约 (cf. 要約→), 交往; 拦阻, 截击; 约束, 控制; 求取, 求得 (→ cf. 徼/邀); 要挟; 会合, 符合; 察劾; 五服之一; (古) 䙅 (cf. 䌁); (姓) • yào : 刚要, 关键; 少, 简略; 会计, 簿书; 想, 希望; 讨, 索取 (要帐); 叫, 让; 须, 应当; 将要, 快要, 表示事物发展的趋势; 表示比较, 估计; 总括, 总之; (连词) (如果, 若是; 要么…要么… (要就去, 要就不去, 总得作一个决定)) • yǎo : (骏马名) 要/騕褭
►references: Guǎngyùn:150.15,413.57; Wieger:50m; Karlgren:AD219,GSR1142a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:4.2805.8; Mathews:7300; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1128.16; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:110.0.06; Wáng(1993):6; EDOC:1
►components: 覀女
►Cantonese: yiu\ yiu-
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<comp char='覀' uni='8980' points='4,0 124,48' />
<comp char='女' uni='5973' points='0,54 128,128' />
</cdl>
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<stroke type='hz' points='0,0 128,0 128,128' head='cut' tail='long' />
<!-- variant based on [U+EF7E](V=0) -->
</cdl>
<cdl char='女' uni='5973'>
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<stroke type='h' points='0,34 128,34' />
</cdl>
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