Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
promise, approximately, shrink
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
94 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 約 【ヤク】 approximately, about, promise, appointment, engagement, shortening, reduction, simplification, contraction (in phonetics)
  • 約束 【ヤクソク】 promise, agreement, arrangement, one's word, contract, pact, appointment, engagement, date, convention, rule, destiny, fate
  • 締約 【テイヤク】 conclusion of a treaty
  • 成約 【セイヤク】 conclusion of a contract

Kun reading compounds

  • 約まる 【つづまる】 to compress, to shrink
  • 約める 【つづめる】 to abridge, to shorten, to economize
  • 約やか 【つづまやか】 concise, brief, humble, frugal, modest, discrete

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yue1, yao1
Korean:
yag, yo

Spanish

  • promesa
  • aproximadamente
  • encogerse
  • economizar

Portuguese

  • promessa
  • aproximadamente
  • recuar

French

  • environ
  • promettre
  • abréger
  • raccourcir
726 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
621 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
591 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
137 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3499 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
451 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
808 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.12 Japanese for Busy People
211 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
211 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
381 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1516 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1632 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
860 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1177 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1374 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27242X Morohashi
1280 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4440 New Nelson (John Haig)
1362 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1462 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
258 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
534 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2752 2001 Kanji
6a3.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-3 SKIP code
2792.0 Four corner code
1-44-83 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d04 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
lack, yawn
Parts:
Variants:
goodwill, article, section, friendship, collusion
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1854 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 款 【カン】 title, heading, article, benevolence, friendly feeling
  • 歓待 【カンタイ】 warm welcome, friendly reception, hospitality, entertainment
  • 約款 【ヤッカン】 agreement, stipulation, article, clause
  • 交歓 【コウカン】 exchange of courtesies (cordialities), fraternization, fraternisation

Readings

Japanese names:
まさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kuan3
Korean:
gwan

Spanish

  • artículo (contrato
  • ley)
  • sección
  • sinceridad
  • buena voluntad

Portuguese

  • Boa-vontade
  • artigo
  • seção
  • amizade
  • conivência

French

  • bonne volonté
  • article
  • section
  • fraternisation
  • amitié
  • connivence
1108 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1636 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2418 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1607 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1449 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1666 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1727 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1845 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1624 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1123 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2135 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1116 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1516 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1106 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16107 Morohashi
1700 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2938 New Nelson (John Haig)
1097 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1178 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1555 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1462 2001 Kanji
4j8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-4 SKIP code
4798.2 Four corner code
1-20-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b3e Unicode hex code