Let's take a trip to New York.
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约
Traditional: 約
yāo
HSK 3.0 · 3
yāo · joek3 (Jyutping)
- to weigh in a balance or on a scale
yuē · joek3 (Jyutping)
- to make an appointment
- to invite
- approximately
- pact
- treaty
- to economize
- to restrict
- to reduce (a fraction)
- concise
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Character breakdown
约
- Meaning
- treaty, agreement, covenant
- Radical
- 纟
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- ⿰纟勺
- Cangjie
- VMPI
- Four-corner
- 2712
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
I'd like to make a reservation.
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