略
brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory)
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #851 U+7565
How 略 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
田 (semantic, “farm”) + 各 (phonetic, gè)
How to remember it
abbreviation · Heisig RSH #311
各 each + 田 rice field
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 各
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 各 (gè) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 各 sound component | 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 |
Words containing 略
| 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 |