要

ya̅o = y + ao1

to demand / to request / to coerce

yào = y + ao4

important / vital / to want / to ask for / will / going to (as future auxiliary) / may / must / (used in a comparison) must be / probably / if

要 = 女 + 覀 : Bessie Coleman shows Maud Younger how to use a knuckle duster in the aorta's bathroom. She says it's very important and that Maud will have to get one herself.

要

ya̅o = y + ao1

(bound form) to demand; to coerce

要

yào = y + ao4

to want; to need; to ask for / will; shall; about to / need to; should / if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]) / (bound form) important

要 character breakdown

要
- 女
- 覀
  - 一
  - 罒

女

nǚ = nü + Ø3

female / woman / daughter

I'll represent 女 by Bessie Coleman, the first female pilot of African American descent.

女

rǔ = ru + Ø3

archaic variant of 汝[ru3]

覀

Character component without intrinsic meaning

覀 = 一 + 罒 : Looks like a knuckle duster.

Characters with 要 as component

腰

ya̅o = y + ao1

waist / lower back / pocket / middle / loins

腰 = 月 + 要 : Maud Younger (y) is teaching the moon (月) how to dance in front of the aorta (ao1). She tells him again and again that he absolutely has to (要) use his hips (腰) more, as it is very important (要).

喓

ya̅o = y + ao1

grasshopper chirp / mosquito buzz

嘦

jiào = ji + ao4

if only / so long as / (contraction of 只 and 要)

婹

yǎo = y + ao3

svelte / sylphlike

嫑

biáo = bi + ao2

(dialect) don't / must not / (contraction of 不 and 要)