略

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brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory)

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HSK 3.0: Level 6
Old HSK: Level 5
Strokes: 11
Radical: 田 +6
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 略
Common rank: #851
Unicode: U+7565

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Formation & memory

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How 略 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

田 meaning “farm” + 各 sound ( gè )

Components 田各

How to remember it

abbreviation · Heisig RSH #311

各 each + 田 rice field

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 略

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
黄石公三略	Huáng Shí gōng Sān lüè	"Three Strategies of Huang Shigong", one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China
中国小说史略	Zhōng guó Xiǎo shuō Shǐ lüè	Concise History of the Chinese Novel by Lu Xun 魯迅\|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4]
略知一二	lüè zhī yī èr	(idiom) to know just a little; to have a rough idea
战略核力量	zhàn lüè hé lì liang	strategic nuclear force
略阳县	Lüè yáng Xiàn	Lueyang, a county in Hanzhong City 漢中市\|汉中市[Han4 zhong1 Shi4], Shaanxi
安大略湖	Ān dà lüè Hú	Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2]
马略卡	Mǎ lüè kǎ	Mallorca or Majorca (island of Spain)
战略核武器	zhàn lüè hé wǔ qì	strategic nuclear weapon
战略家	zhàn lüè jiā	a strategist
战略性	zhàn lüè xìng	strategic
胸有成略	xiōng yǒu chéng lüè	the hero has plans already laid (idiom); to have plans ready in advance; forewarned is for…
略识之无	lüè shí zhī wú	semiliterate; only knows words of one syllable; lit. to know only 之[zhi1] and 無\|无[wu2]
略知皮毛	lüè zhī pí máo	slight knowledge of sth; superficial acquaintance with a subject; a smattering
节略本	jié lüè běn	abridged version
略见一斑	lüè jiàn yī bān	lit. to glimpse just one spot (of the leopard) (idiom); fig. to get an inkling of the whol…
安大略省	Ān dà lüè shěng	Ontario province, Canada
战略要点	zhàn lüè yào diǎn	strategic point
大略	dà lüè	a broad outline; the general idea; roughly
三略	Sān lüè	see 黃石公三略\|黄石公三略[Huang2 Shi2 gong1 San1 lu:e4]
事略	shì lüè	biographical sketch

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 各 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
各 sound part	gè	individual; each, every; all
路	lù	road, path, street; journey
格	gé	form, pattern, standard
洛	luò	a river in the Shanxi province; a city
络	luò	web, net; to entangle
阁	gé	cabinet, chamber, pavilion
酪	lào	cream, cheese; koumiss
胳	gē	arms; armpit
咯	gē	final particle
骆	luò	camel
烙	lào	to burn, to brand; hot iron
恪	kè	respectful, reverent
珞	luò	a kind of necklace
貉	mò	raccoon dog
骼	gé	bone, skeleton; corpse
饹	gē	buckwheat or sorghum noodles
铬	gè	chromium
袼	gē	gusset, cloth fitting-sleeve
硌	gè	hard, bulging