Kanji N2

略: abbreviation, omission, outline

略 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning abbreviation, omission, outline, written with 11 strokes. It is read リャク (on) and ほぼ, はぶく, おかす (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 略す (りゃくす, to abbreviate) and 省略 (しょうりゃく, omission).

略

Meanings

  • abbreviation
  • omission
  • outline
  • shorten
  • capture
  • plunder
Strokes11
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#774 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • リャク

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • ほぼ
  • はぶく
  • おかす
  • おさめる
  • はかりごと
  • はかる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 略

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 略すりゃくす

    to abbreviate; to abridge; to shorten

    JLPT N2
  • 省略しょうりゃく

    omission; leaving out

    JLPT N2
  • 略ほぼ

    almost; nearly; for the most part

    JLPT N3
  • 侵略しんりゃく

    invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression

    JLPT N1
  • 略奪りゃくだつ

    pillage; plunder; looting; robbery

    JLPT N1
  • 略語りゃくご

    abbreviation; acronym

    JLPT N1
  • 概略がいりゃく

    outline; summary; gist; in brief

    JLPT N1
  • 戦略せんりゃく

    strategy; tactics

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