首要 shǒuyào

HSK level

Traditional form

首要 shǒuyào

Part of speech

Attributive / 区别词 Qūbié cí

首 shǒu

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a head (hair above an eye).

Positional decomposition

⿱丷自

Number of Strokes

要 yāo

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of two hands grabbing a woman's waist. The current meaning "want" is a phonetic loan. The original meaning "waist" is now written as 腰 yāo .

Positional decomposition

⿱覀女

Number of Strokes

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接替 jiē tì 他 tā 工作 gōngzuò 的 de 首要 shǒuyào 人选 rén xuǎn 是 shì 玛格丽特 Mǎ gé lì tè ·拉姆齐。

Prime candidate to take over his job is Margaret Ramsay.

他们 tā men 首要 shǒuyào 考虑 kǎolǜ 的 de 是 shì 防止 fángzhǐ 经济 jīngjì 发展 fāzhǎn 过快。

Their prime consideration has been not to overheat the economy.

See the 6 Chinese characters that make up 首要 shǒuyào and their own compounds.

首 shǒu

自 zì

目 mù , 丶 diǎn

一 yī , 丷 ha

要 yāo

女 nǚ , 覀 xī

See all 17 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 首要 shǒuyào in their composition.

首 shǒu

道 dào

噵, 檤

艏 shǒu , 馗 kuí , 馘 guó

要 yāo

腰 yāo , 喓 yāo , 嘦 jiào , 婹 yǎo , 葽 yāo , 覅 fiào , 騕 yǎo , 偠, 嫑 biáo , 崾 yǎo , 楆, 闄

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