略 — kanji meaning “abbreviation”
略
abbreviation, omission, outline, shorten, capture, plunder
- Meanings
- abbreviation, omission, outline, shorten, capture, plunder
- On'yomi
- リャク (ryaku)
- Kun'yomi
- ほぼ、はぶ.く、おか.す、おさ.める、はかりごと、はか.る
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #774 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 102
- Chinese reading
- lüè — Chinese character page
Words with 略
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 侵略 | しんりゃく shinryaku | invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression |
| 戦略 | せんりゃく senryaku | strategy; tactics |
| 攻略 | こうりゃく kouryaku | capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); conquest |
| 省略 | しょうりゃく shouryaku | omission; leaving out |
| 策略 | さくりゃく sakuryaku | stratagem; artifice; trick |
| 略称 | りゃくしょう ryakushou | abbreviation |
| 略奪 | りゃくだつ ryakudatsu | pillage; plunder; looting |
| 謀略 | ぼうりゃく bouryaku | scheme; plot; artifice |
| 中略 | ちゅうりゃく chuuryaku | omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis |
| 略語 | りゃくご ryakugo | abbreviation; acronym |
| 簡略 | かんりゃく kanryaku | simple; brief |
| 概略 | がいりゃく gairyaku | outline; summary; gist |
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