略 – abbreviation, omission, outline

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The kanji 略 means abbreviation, omission, outline, shorten, capture, plunder. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is リャク (ryaku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ほぼ、はぶ.く、おか.す、おさ.める、はかりごと、はか.る (hobo, habuku, okasu, osameru, hakarigoto, hakaru). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 田 (no. 102).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	リャク	ryaku
Kun’yomi	ほぼ	hobo
Kun’yomi	はぶ.く	habuku
Kun’yomi	おか.す	okasu
Kun’yomi	おさ.める	osameru
Kun’yomi	はかりごと	hakarigoto
Kun’yomi	はか.る	hakaru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 田 (Kangxi radical 102). Components: 口・田・夂.

Words using 略

省略しょうりゃくomission略すりゃくすto abbreviate概略がいりゃくoutline侵略しんりゃくinvasion (e.g. of a country)略奪りゃくだつpillage略語りゃくごabbreviation

Example sentences

この句では前置詞を省略できる。

You can omit the preposition in this phrase.

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私の名前はロバートなので、皆は略してボブと呼びます。

My name is Robert, so they call me Bob for short.

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彼に計画の概略を述べてもらおう。

Ask him to sketch out his plan.

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Kanji with the same radical

田界画男町由番申異留甲畑畳畜

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