約
See also: 约
Translingual
Han character
約 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+3, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女火心戈 (VFPI) or 女火心一 (VFPM), four-corner 27920, composition ⿰糹勺)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 915, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27242
- Dae Jaweon: page 1343, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3364, character 15
- Unihan data for U+7D04
Chinese
trad. | 約 | |
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simp. | 约 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 約 | ||
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Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Old Chinese | |
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豹 | *preːwɢs |
趵 | *preːwɢs, *preːwɢ |
尥 | *breːw, *b·reːwɢs |
箹 | *ʔreːwɢs, *ʔreːwɢ |
杓 | *plew, *pʰlew, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ |
約 | *ʔlewɢs, *ʔlewɢ |
扚 | *pleːwʔ, *pleːwɢ |
釣 | *pleːwɢs |
瘹 | *teːwɢs |
芍 | *ɡleːwʔ, *spʰlewɢ, *pl'ewɢ, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ |
酌 | *pljewɢ |
灼 | *pljewɢ |
勺 | *pljewɢ, *bljewɢ |
彴 | *pljewɢ |
犳 | *pljewɢ |
妁 | *pljewɢ, *bljewɢ |
汋 | *bljewɢ, *sbreːwɢ |
仢 | *bljewɢ |
葯 | *qlewɢ, *qreːwɢ |
礿 | *lewɢ |
肑 | *preːwɢ, *pleːwɢ |
瓝 | *breːwɢ |
的 | *pleːwɢ |
靮 | *pleːwɢ |
馰 | *pleːwɢ |
玓 | *pleːwɢ |
魡 | *pleːwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ʔlewɢs, *ʔlewɢ) : semantic 糸 (“rope”) + phonetic 勺 (OC *pljewɢ, *bljewɢ).
Pronunciation 1
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Definitions
- † to bundle up; to bind
- † rope; cord
- † to restrain; to limit; to keep under control
- to make an appointment; to arrange
- appointment; meeting; arrangement
- treaty; agreement; covenant; pact
- to invite or ask in advance
- † to hinder; to block
- † to save; to economise
- † frugal; economical; thrifty
- † brief; concise; succinct
- † poor; humble; low-ranking
- (mathematics) to reduce (a fraction)
- † to prepare; to equip
- † to seek; to pursue
- † to estimate; to approximate; to reckon
- (colloquial) to weigh; to weigh on a balance or scale
- about; approximately
Compounds
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Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yào
- Wade–Giles: yao4
- Yale: yàu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaw
- Palladius: яо (jao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Middle Chinese: 'jiewH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[q]ewk-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ʔlewɢs/
Definitions
- † (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 要 (yāo, “gist”).
Pronunciation 3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dì
- Wade–Giles: ti4
- Yale: dì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dih
- Palladius: ди (di)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ti⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
- † cord for the string of a stringed instrument
Japanese
Kanji
約
- Approximately
Readings
- Go-on: やく (yaku, Jōyō); よう (yō)←えう (eu, historical)
- Kan-on: やく (yaku, Jōyō); よう (yō)←えう (eu, historical)
- Kun: つずまやか (tsuzumayaka, 約); つずめる (tsuzumeru, 約める)
Compounds
- 一約 (ichiyaku)
- 契約 (keiyaku): contract, agreement
- 条約 (jōyaku): treaty
- 予約 (yoyaku): reservation, appointment
Kanji in this term |
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約 |
やく Grade: 4 |
on'yomi |
Pronunciation
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Adverb
- about, approximately
- 約一ヶ月
- yaku iggagetsu
- approximately one month
- 宇宙の直径は約 930億光年だ。
- Uchū no chokkei wa yaku kyūhyakusanjū-oku kōnen da.
- The diameter of the universe is some 93 billion light years.
- 約一ヶ月
References
Korean
Hanja
約 • (yak, yo) (hangeul 약, 요, revised yak, yo, McCune–Reischauer yak, yo, Yale yak, yo)
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Vietnamese
Han character
(deprecated template usage) 約 (ước, yêu)
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