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Kanji Grade 4 - 約

Kanji character Grade 4 約. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 4 - 約
About
promise, approximately, shrink
Kun: つづ.まる、 つづ.める、 つづま.やか
On: ヤク
9 strokes
Radical: silk 糸 (糹)
Parts: 丶 勹 小 幺 糸
 
Onyomi
約 【ヤク】 approximately, about, promise, appointment, engagement, shortening, reduction, simplification, contraction (in phonetics)
約束 【ヤクソク】 promise, agreement, arrangement, one's word, contract, pact, appointment, engagement, date, convention, rule, destiny, fate
締約 【テイヤク】 conclusion of a treaty
成約 【セイヤク】 conclusion of a contract
 
Kunyomi
約まる 【つづまる】 to compress, to shrink
約める 【つづめる】 to abridge, to shorten, to economize
約やか 【つづまやか】 concise, brief, humble, frugal, modest, discrete