约
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to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #313 U+7EA6
How 约 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
thread
How to remember it
make an appointment · Heisig RSH #1090
thread + 勺 ladle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 约 as their sound component
These characters all use 约 (yuē) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 约 sound component | yuē | treaty, covenant, agreement |
| 药 | yào | drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant |
| 哟 | yō | ah, final particle |
Words containing 约
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中法新约 | Zhōng Fǎ xīn yuē | treaty of Tianjin of 1885 ceding Vietnam to France |
| 马约特 | Mǎ yuē tè | Mayotte, island between NW Madagascar and Mozambique |
| 公约数 | gōng yuē shù | (math.) common factor; common divisor |
| 联合国海洋法公约 | Lián hé guó Hǎi yáng fǎ Gōng yuē | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| 约西亚 | Yuē xī yà | Josiah or Yoshiyahu (649-609 BC), a king of Judah (Judaism) |
| 日光节约时 | rì guāng jié yuē shí | daylight saving time |
| 大约 | dà yuē | approximately; probably |
| 马约卡 | Mǎ yuē kǎ | Mallorca or Majorca (island of Spain) |
| 不约而同 | bù yuē ér tóng | (idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation; (usu. … |
| 化约 | huà yuē | to simplistically reduce (sth) to just ...; to regard (sth) as merely ... |
| 阿罗约 | Ā luó yuē | surname Arroyo |
| 约会 | yuē huì | appointment; engagement; date; CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4]; to arrange to meet |
| 约克 | Yuē kè | York |
| 约分 | yuē fēn | reduced fraction (e.g. one half for three sixths); to reduce a fraction by canceling commo… |
| 约书亚 | Yuē shū yà | Joshua (name) |
| 公民权利和政治权利国际公约 | gōng mín quán lì hé zhèng zhì quán lì guó jì gōng yuē | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) |
| 新约全书 | Xīn yuē quán shū | New Testament |
| 公约 | gōng yuē | convention (i.e. international agreement) |
| 约法 | yuē fǎ | temporary law; provisional constitution |
| 文约 | wén yuē | contract; written agreement |