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首要

shǒu yào

HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

shǒu yào · sau2 jiu3 (Jyutping)

  1. the most important
  2. of chief importance

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

首

Meaning
head; first; leader, chief; a poem; Kangxi radical 185
Radical
首
Strokes
9
Components
⿱丷自
Cangjie
THBU
Four-corner
8060.1

要

Meaning
necessary, essential; necessity
Radical
覀
Strokes
9
Components
⿱覀女
Cangjie
MWV
Four-corner
1040.4

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