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

= + : 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.
(bound form) to demand; to coerce
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

female / woman / daughter

I'll represent 女 by Bessie Coleman, the first female pilot of African American descent.
archaic variant of 汝[ru3]
Character component without intrinsic meaning

= + : Looks like a knuckle duster.

Characters with 要 as component

waist / lower back / pocket / middle / loins

= + : 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).
grasshopper chirp / mosquito buzz
if only / so long as / (contraction of 只 and 要)
svelte / sylphlike
(dialect) don't / must not / (contraction of 不 and 要)
Polygala japonica / lush (grass)
contraction of 勿要 / must not / please don't
name of a fabulous horse

Words with 要

to be just about to / to be on the point of
to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
claim to rights (copyright, patent etc)
"Collection of the Most Important Military Techniques", book published in 1044 during the Northern Song Dynasty
to know no shame / to be totally shameless
to regard face as all-important / to consider loss of face unthinkable
to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
(literary) key location / key post (important job)

Sentences with 要

dà
wáng
yào
jiàn
còu
shǒu
hé
yòng
de
bi̅ng
qì
ma
 
 
dào
yě
bù
nán