Nihongo

Kanji Detail of 略

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Basic Meaning

The kanji fundamentally means "to omit," "to abbreviate," "to summarize," or "to omit" information. It conveys the idea of simplifying something by leaving out details or reducing its scope. It suggests a process of shortening or making something more concise.

Readings

・On-yomi (音読み): ・ryaku(リャク) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): ・ほぼ(ほぼ) - ほぼ - almost; roughly; approximately. ・はぶ-く(省く) - to omit; to leave out. This is the closest verb form to the core meaning.

Usage Examples

⚫︎概略(がいりゃく) Translation: Outline; summary; gist. ⚫︎省略(しょうりゃく) Translation: Omission; abbreviation; abridgment. ⚫︎略式(りゃくしき) Translation: Informal; simplified; abbreviated.

Origin and Formation

The kanji is a 形声文字 (keisei moji), a phonetic-semantic compound character. The character is composed of the radical ⽥ (field) on the left side and the phonetic component 各 (kaku/かく) on the right side. The radical ⽥ (field) here can be interpreted as the landscape. , originally representing "each," then implies the selective process of removing parts from the landscape to reduce the scope or meaning, which gives the meaning of "to omit" or "to abbreviate."

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