约
yuēTraditional: 约
#1043 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
to make an appointment, about, approximately
Word origin
A phono-semantic character: the silk radical 纟 evokes binding with cord, hence to tie down or agree, while 勺 (sháo) supplies the sound.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 纟 (silk radical) + 勺 (sháo, phonetic)
Stroke order
约
Examples
。
We have arranged to meet tomorrow.
。
He asked me out to see a film.
百。
About a hundred people came.
。
This road is about three kilometres long.
。
I made an appointment with the doctor.
约 (yuē) means to make an appointment, about, approximately. It is a verb for arranging to meet and an adverb of approximation.
Appears in 4 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 约.
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