約

See also 约

Translingual

Han character

約 (radical 120 糸+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女火心戈 (VFPI), 女火心一 (VFPM), four-corner 2792₀) (right side of character: 勺)

1. approximately, about
2. treaty, agreement, covenant

References

• KangXi: page 915, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27242
• Dae Jaweon: page 1343, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3364, character 15
• Unihan data for U+7D04

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Cantonese

Hanzi

約 (simplified 约, Yale yeuk3)

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Japanese

Kanji

約 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: やく (yaku)
• Kun: つずめる (tsuzumeru), つずまやか (tsuzumayaka)

Compounds

• 予約 (よやく, yoyaku, “reservation, appointment”)

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Korean

Hanja

約 (hangeul 약, 요, revised yak, yo, McCune-Reischauer yak, yo, Yale yak, yo)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

約 (simplified 约, pinyin jǐ (ji3), yuē (yue1), Wade-Giles chi³, yüeh¹)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

約 (qiak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

約 (ước, yêu)