约 — Chinese character
约
yuē
treaty, covenant, agreement
- Pinyin
- yuē
- Radical
- 120 ⽷ (Silk)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 纟 勺
- Formation
- pictophonetic — thread; meaning component 纟
- Traditional
- 約
Common words with 约
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大约 (大約) | dà yuē | approximately; probably |
| 条约 (條約) | tiáo yuē | treaty; pact |
| 约定 (約定) | yuē dìng | to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain |
| 合约 (合約) | hé yuē | contract; agreement; measure word: 份 (fèn) |
| 公约 (公約) | gōng yuē | convention (i.e. international agreement) |
| 约束 (約束) | yuē shù | to restrict; to limit to |
| 约会 (約會) | yuē huì | appointment; engagement |
| 契约 (契約) | qì yuē | agreement; contract |
| 签约 (簽約) | qiān yuē | to sign a contract or agreement |
| 制约 (制約) | zhì yuē | to restrict; condition |
| 节约 (節約) | jié yuē | to economize; to conserve (resources) |
| 预约 (預約) | yù yuē | booking; reservation |
English words written with 约
- terms
- approximately
- convention
- appointment
- engagement
- treaty
- restricted
- intensive
- booking
- covenant
- pact
- contraction
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.