約 (yuē)
to make an appointment/to invite/approximately/agreement
How 約 is written
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 糹 — silk
- Traditional
- 約
- Simplified
- 约
Components
- 糹 silk
- 勹 wrap
- 丶 dot
約 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- yāo
- to weigh in a balance or on a scale
- yuē
- to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact
Common words using 約
- 大約 dàyuē
- approximately; about
- 契約 qìyuē
- agreement; contract
- 簡約 jiǎnyuē
- sketchy; concise; abbreviated
- 約定 yuēdìng
- to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain; to arrange
- 約會 yuēhuì
- appointment; engagement; date
- 紐約 niǔyuē
- New York
- 不約而同 bùyuēértóng
- to agree by chance (idiom); taking the same action without prior consultation
- 公約 gōngyuē
- convention (i.e. international agreement)
- 制約 zhìyuē
- to restrict; condition
- 北約 běiyuē
- NATO; abbr. for 北大西洋公約組織|北大西洋公约组织[Bei3 Da4 xi1 yang2 gong1 yue1 zu3 zhi1], North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- 合約 héyuē
- treaty; contract
- 失約 shīyuē
- to miss an appointment
約 in a sentence
我跟朋友約好明天一起吃晚餐。
Wǒ gēn péngyǒu yuē hǎo míngtiān yīqǐ chī wǎncān.
“I made plans with a friend to have dinner together tomorrow.”
How common is 約?
約 is the 424th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 72.3% of all running text.
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