約

約 — promise, approximately, shrink

JLPT: JLPT N3
Strokes: 9
Taught in: School year 4
Frequency: #94 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: やく yaku
Kun'yomi: つづ.まる tsuzu.maru

つづ.める tsuzu.meru

つづま.やか tsuzuma.yaka

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 約

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