Hanja Analyzer
略

略 — ryak

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
간략할/약할 략
Romanization
ryak
English
approximately, roughly; outline
Mandarin
lüè
Japanese on'yomi
リャク
Japanese kun'yomi
ほぼ はぶ.く おか.す おさ.める はかりごと はか.る
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#774 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Variant forms
畧
Radical
田 (102, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
各
Unicode
U+7565

Parts that make up 略

  • 田 밭 전 이랑으로 나눈 밭밭과 논, 땅을 나누는 일
  • 各 각각 각sound 문으로 들어서는 발‘각·락·로’ 계열의 소리

How 略 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 略 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 田, 各.

Korean example words with 略

  • 첨략瞻略 Korean gloss: 보고 꾀함
  • 무략武略 Korean gloss: 군사상의 책략
  • 정략政略 Korean gloss: 정치상의 책략
  • 약문略文 Korean gloss: 간략하게 줄인 글
  • 약력略歷 Korean gloss: 간략하게 적은 이력
  • 장략將略 Korean gloss: 장수로서의 지략과 기량
  • 약모略帽 Korean gloss: 작업을 할 때 쓰는 모자
  • 묘략妙略 Korean gloss: 매우 약삭빠르며 뛰어난 꾀
  • 상략商略 Korean gloss: 장사를 하는 수단이나 방책
  • 담략膽略 Korean gloss: 담력과 꾀를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 재략才略 Korean gloss: 재주와 꾀를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 군략軍略 Korean gloss: ‘군사 전략’을 줄여 이르는 말

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 略

  • 戦略せんりゃく strategy; tactics
  • 侵略しんりゃく invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression
  • 略称りゃくしょう abbreviation
  • 略式りゃくしき informal; simplified
  • 略奪りゃくだつ pillage; plunder; looting
  • 党略とうりゃく party politics (tactics)
  • 攻略こうりゃく capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); conquest
  • 簡略かんりゃく simple; brief
  • 中略ちゅうりゃく omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis
  • 略歴りゃくれき brief personal record; short curriculum vitae; short CV
  • 謀略ぼうりゃく scheme; plot; artifice
  • 策略さくりゃく stratagem; artifice; trick

Characters sharing the phonetic 各

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “략”

Other hanja with radical 田

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