Chinese symbol for “brief”
略
lüè
brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for brief is 略 (lüè), defined as: brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “brief”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 简短 (簡短) | jiǎn duǎn | brief (statement, summary etc); briefly |
| 短暂 (短暫) | duǎn zàn | of short duration; brief; momentary |
| 短 | duǎn | short; brief |
| 跬 | kuǐ | brief; short step |
| 暂短 (暫短) | zàn duǎn | brief (in time) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 略.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 战略 (戰略) | zhàn lüè | strategy |
| 策略 | cè lüè | strategy; tactics; crafty; adroit |
| 忽略 | hū lüè | to neglect; to overlook; to ignore |
| 侵略 | qīn lüè | to invade; invasion |
| 攻略 | gōng lüè | (literary) to storm and capture; strategy; directions; guide; how-to |
| 侵略者 | qīn lüè zhě | aggressors; invaders |
See also: Japanese symbol for “brief”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.