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約

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See also: 约
約 U+7D04, 約
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D04
← 紃
[U+7D03] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 紅 →
[U+7D05]

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
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (勺) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔlewɢs, *ʔlewɢ): semantic 糸 (“rope”) + phonetic 勺 (OC *pljewɢ, *bljewɢ).

Etymology

According to Schuessler (2007), related to Tibetan ཡོག (yog, “to wind thread around”). Note also Burmese ယောက် (yauk, “to wind thread around a spool”).

Pronunciation 1

Note: yāo - only the sense of “to weigh on a balance or scale”.
Note:
  • iók - literary;
  • ióh - vernacular.
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Definitions

約

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to bundle up; to bind
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) rope; cord
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to restrain; to limit; to keep under control
  4. to make an appointment; to arrange
  5. appointment; meeting; arrangement
  6. treaty; agreement; covenant; pact; contract
  7. to invite or ask in advance
    我想約你明天一起去吃飯，不知道你有沒有時間。 [MSC, trad.]
    我想约你明天一起去吃饭，不知道你有没有时间。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ xiǎng yuē nǐ míngtiān yīqǐ qù chīfàn, bù zhīdào nǐ yǒu méiyǒu shíjiān. [Pinyin]
    I'd like to invite you out to have a meal tomorrow, if you have the time.
  8. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to hinder; to block
  9. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to save; to economise
  10. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) frugal; economical; thrifty
  11. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) brief; concise; succinct
  12. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) poor; humble; low-ranking
  13. (mathematics) to reduce (a fraction)
  14. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to prepare; to equip
  15. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to seek; to pursue
  16. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to estimate; to approximate; to reckon
  17. (colloquial) to weigh (on a balance or scale)
  18. about; approximately
    約220大卡／约220大卡  ―  yuē 220 dàkǎ  ―  Approximately 220 kilocalories.
  19. (Hong Kong, historical) district (of the City of Victoria)
    四環九約／四环九约 [Cantonese]  ―  sei3 waan4 gau2 joek3 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  20. (Hong Kong, historical) pact, group of villages (clarification of this definition is needed)
    大埔七約／大埔七约 [Cantonese]  ―  daai6 bou3 cat1 joek3 [Jyutping]  ―  the seven village groups of Tai Po

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (約):
  • → Vietnamese: ước (約)

Pronunciation 2

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Definitions

約

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 要 (yào, “gist; essentials”)

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

約

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) cord for the string of a stringed instrument

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