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Kanji Detail for 略 - "abbreviate, strategy, roughly"
略
- Meaning
略 means "abbreviate, strategy, roughly."
Abbreviate - To shorten; to omit.
Strategy - A plan; a scheme.
Conquer - To seize; to capture.
Roughly - Approximately; about.
- 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.
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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.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
できるだけ簡略な言葉で父の病気の危篤に陥りつつある旨も付け加えたが、それでも気が済まなかったから、委細手紙として、細かい事情をその日のうちに認めて郵便で出した。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
すると今まで親切に見えた人が、急に狡猾な策略家として私の眼に映じて来たのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私の煩悶は、奥さんと同じようにお嬢さんも策略家ではなかろうかという疑問に会って始めて起るのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
無論策略からですが、その態度に相応するくらいな緊張した気分もあったのですから、自分に滑稽だの羞恥だのを感ずる余裕はありませんでした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
「おれは策略で勝っても人間としては負けたのだ」という感じが私の胸に渦巻いて起りました」
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
すると今まで親切に見えた人が、急に狡猾な策略家として私の眼に映じて来たのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私の煩悶は、奥さんと同じようにお嬢さんも策略家ではなかろうかという疑問に会って始めて起るのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
無論策略からですが、その態度に相応するくらいな緊張した気分もあったのですから、自分に滑稽だの羞恥だのを感ずる余裕はありませんでした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
「おれは策略で勝っても人間としては負けたのだ」という感じが私の胸に渦巻いて起りました」
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha