腰 Strokes Write it Listen 腰 yāo waist; lower back; pocket HSK 4 13 strokes Radical ⺼ Sound + meaning 1 word Built from⺼meaning meat, flesh; organic compound要soundyàoessential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand How it works⺼ hints at the meaning (flesh), and 要 yào hints at the sound.