Kanji Detail of 略
略
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The kanji 略略 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.
・On-yomi (音読み): ・ryaku(リャク) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): ・ほぼ略(ほぼ) - ほぼ略 - almost; roughly; approximately. ・はぶ-く(省く) - to omit; to leave out. This is the closest verb form to the core meaning.
⚫︎概略略(がいりゃく) Translation: Outline; summary; gist. ⚫︎省略略(しょうりゃく) Translation: Omission; abbreviation; abridgment. ⚫︎略式略(りゃくしき) Translation: Informal; simplified; abbreviated.
The kanji 略略 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. 各, 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."