| 879 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 823 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 804 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 921 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3007 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 678 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 744 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 841 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 860 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1195 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1343 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1501 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 793 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1081 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 299 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 21839 | Morohashi |
| 1169 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3755 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 293 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 314 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 478 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 748 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
abbreviation, omission, outline, shorten, capture, plunder
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
774 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 略 【リャク】 abbreviation, omission, outline, gist, plan, strategy, scheme
- 略式 【リャクシキ】 informal, simplified
- 党略 【トウリャク】 party politics (tactics)
- 攻略 【コウリャク】 capture (of enemy territory), taking (by storm), conquest, attack, assault, defeating (an opponent), attacking (a problem) strategically
Kun reading compounds
- 略 【ほぼ】 almost, roughly, approximately, about, around
Readings
- Korean:
- ryag
Spanish
- abreviación
- abreviatura
Portuguese
- abreviação
- omissão
- contornar
- capturar
- saquear
French
- abréviation
- omission
- résumé
- raccourcir
- capture
- pillage
| 3677 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5f6.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-6 | SKIP code |
| 6706.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7565 | Unicode hex code |
history, chronicle
- On:
- シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
511 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 史 【シ】 history
- 史家 【シカ】 historian
- 通史 【ツウシ】 overview of history
- 正史 【セイシ】 official history, authorized history
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あきら、 あや、 お、 こ、 ちか、 とし、 なか、 のぶ、 ひさ、 ひと、 ふみ
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- historia
- crónica
Portuguese
- história
- crônica
French
- histoire
- chronique
| 411 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 523 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 496 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 563 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 91 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 81 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 398 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 183 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 332 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 332 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 705 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 317 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4324 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2188 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2946 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 699 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 3249 | Morohashi |
| 3510 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 697 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 692 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 747 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 300 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 450 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1666 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.38 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 5004.6 | Four corner code |
| 5000.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-43 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 53f2 | Unicode hex code |