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Kanji Detail for 略 - "to abbreviate, strategy"

略

  • Meaning

    略 means "to abbreviate, strategy." Also associated with to conquer.

    1. Abbreviate - To shorten; to omit.

    2. Strategy - A plan; a scheme.

    3. Conquer - To seize; to capture.

    4. Roughly - Approximately; about.

  • Words using 略

    • 戦略 せんりゃく Listen strategy; tactics
    • 略称 りゃくしょう Listen abbreviation
    • 略式 りゃくしき Listen informal; simplified
    • 略奪 りゃくだつ Listen pillage; plunder; looting
    • 党略 とうりゃく Listen party politics (tactics)
    • 攻略 こうりゃく Listen capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); conquest
    • 簡略 かんりゃく Listen simple; brief
    • 中略 ちゅうりゃく Listen omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis

  • Four-character idioms with 略

    • 党利党略 とうりとうりゃく Listen party political interests; partisan politics
    • 六韜三略 りくとうさんりゃく Listen The Six Secret Teachings and The Three Strategies of Huang Shigong (two ancient Chinese military treatises); secrets (of the art of war, etc.); mysteries
    • 政略結婚 せいりゃくけっこん Listen marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
    • 機略縦横 きりゃくじゅうおう Listen very resourcefully using tactics adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing it by ear; acting according to circumstances
    • 雄材大略 ゆうざいたいりゃく Listen superior talent and strategic wisdom; outstanding abilities and a talent for developing and implementing grand strategies

  • Tattoo check: 略

    • Verified meaning: to abbreviate, strategy
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to conquer

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    abbreviation; omission; outline; shorten; capture; plunder

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    approximately, roughly; outline

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    approximate, rough; outline, summary; plan, plot

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To plan. Mostly refers to military affairs. Hence books describing military achievements are called 方略 (strategies). | Boundary. Such as managing a land and delineating its territory is called 經略 (administering). After Tang, when expanding territory, special Jinglue envoy officials were appointed there. In Ming and Qing, their authority was extremely important. Above governors-general. | To take. Taking land without military effort was anciently called 略. | To seize. Same as 掠 in 劫掠 (plunder). Such as those who kidnap and sell people are called 掠賣. Also written as 略賣. | The opposite of detailed. Only presenting the main points is called 略. Such as 節略 (summary) and such. | A particle. Such as generally the same is called 略同. Somewhat similar is called 略似.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ryaku(リャク) リャク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    habu.ku(はぶ-く) はぶ-く

    haka.ru(はか-る) はか-る

    hakarigoto(はかりごと) はかりごと

    hobo(ほぼ) ほぼ

    oka.su(おか-す) おか-す

    osa.meru(おさ-める) おさ-める

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

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    田 (ta・tahen)

  • Related Keywords

    abbreviate strategy conquer omit simplify plan scheme roughly rule govern outline brief capture condensation reduction seize shorten summary synopsis

Sentences including 略

  • The phone call was a trick to get him out of the house.

  • What does this stand for?

  • The country fell into the invader's hand.

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