约 (yuē): meaning and stroke order

约 (yuē) means to make an appointment, to invite, approximately, pact, treaty, to economize, to restrict.

约

Simplified: 约
Traditional: 約
Pinyin: yuē · yāo

Stroke order of 约

约

yāo to weigh in a balance or on a scale
yuē to make an appointment; to invite
6 strokes
Traditional form: 約

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 约

yuē Traditional 約
- to make an appointment
- to invite
- approximately
- pact
- treaty
- to economize
- to restrict
- to reduce (a fraction)
- concise
yāo Traditional 約
- to weigh in a balance or on a scale

Radical and structure

约: Radical 纟 (Kangxi radical 120) in its simplified form · 6 strokes · 纟 on the left, 勺 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 约

大约 dà yuē approximately; probably
约定 yuē dìng to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain
纽约 Niǔ yuē New York
节约 jié yuē to economize; to conserve (resources)
约会 yuē huì appointment; engagement

约 in our stories

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两个人约好在音乐厅门口换箱子。

liǎng gè rén yuē hǎo zài yīnyuètīng ménkǒu huàn xiāngzi

They arranged to swap suitcases outside the concert hall.

From the story The identical suitcase HSK 4

Stories using 约

The identical suitcase HSK 4

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).