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約 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「糸」

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7Elementary year 4 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
On
ヤクやく · yaku
Kun
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Meaning
promise; approximately

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Phonetic-semantic: thread 糸 with the sound element 勺; to bind with thread, to promise.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onヤクやくyaku約束やくそく約半分やくはんぶん節約せつやく

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 約束やくそく

    promise

  • 予約よやく

    reservation

More words with this kanji

  • 節約せつやく
  • 婚約こんやく
  • 契約けいやく
  • 倹約けんやく
  • 誓約せいやく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

友(とも)だちと公園(こうえん)で会(あ)う約束(やくそく)をしました。

I promised to meet my friend at the park.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

予約約束約予before…束bundle結tie給supply続contin…縄rope糸thread厄misfor…亦also役role阨narrow扼to gri…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 糸Map of reading ヤクAll maps

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