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略

abbreviation
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingリャク
Kun readingほぼ、はぶ.く、おか.す、おさ.める、はかりごと、はか.る
JōyōGrade 5
  1. omission
  2. outline
  3. gist
  4. plan

Popular Usage

省略概略

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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rice field (田) · brains · each · walking legs (儿) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 314

Compound words

省略しょうりゃく
omission; leaving out; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
概略がいりゃく
outline; summary; gist; in brief
簡略かんりゃく
simple; brief
攻略こうりゃく
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); conquest; attack; assault
策略さくりゃく
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme
戦略せんりゃく
strategy; tactics
前略ぜんりゃく
dispensing with the preliminaries ...; omitting the previous part
中略ちゅうりゃく
omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis
謀略ぼうりゃく
scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick
略すりゃくす
to abbreviate; to abridge; to shorten; to omit; to leave out
略語りゃくご
abbreviation; acronym
略式りゃくしき
informal; simplified
略称りゃくしょう
abbreviation
略歴りゃくれき
brief personal record; short curriculum vitae; short CV
侵略しんりゃく
invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression
略奪りゃくだつ
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
党略とうりゃく
party politics (tactics)
下略げりゃく
remaining text omitted (in quotation)
機略きりゃく
resources
劫略きょうりゃく
pillage
韜略とうりゃく
strategy
簡略化かんりゃくか
simplification
略するりゃくする
to abbreviation
企業戦略きぎょうせんりゃく
corporate strategy

On Reading Examples

ＡＩは人工知能の略です。りゃく
AI stands for artificial intelligence.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は侵略者から国を守ったので英雄として扱われている。
He was respected as a hero because he defended his country against the invaders.tatoeba
彼は策略で役職から追い出された。
He was maneuvered out of office.tatoeba
彼は機関銃を持って侵略者たちを寄せ付けなかった。
He kept the invaders at bay with a machine gun.tatoeba
彼は駅までの道がわかるように略図を書いてくれた。
He did a rough drawing to show me the way to the station.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 略

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step