Read Edit View history 略 lüè HSK6 outline, approximately Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 田 represents the meaning and 各 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "demarcate land boundaries". The meaning later shifted to "outline" and "approximately". Pinyin Separate values with commas lüè × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 略 Simp strokes 略 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 略 Simp strokes 略 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 略 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 49, 556 ], [ 72, 534 ], [ 86, 484 ], [ 124, 241 ] ], [ [ 102, 526 ], [ 116, 543 ], [ 135, 550 ], [ 278, 580 ], [ 317, 583 ], [ 340, 577 ], [ 356, 564 ], [ 366, 552 ], [ 366, 540 ], [ 346, 397 ], [ 325, 305 ], [ 331, 286 ] ], [ [ 144, 420 ], [ 268, 448 ], [ 300, 443 ] ], [ [ 193, 541 ], [ 218, 522 ], [ 224, 499 ], [ 224, 355 ], [ 210, 326 ] ], [ [ 143, 274 ], [ 156, 289 ], [ 276, 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], [ 671, 70 ], [ 727, 71 ], [ 750, 62 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 94 553 Q 84 559 55 565 Q 45 568 41 563 Q 35 559 42 544 Q 76 456 90 315 Q 91 272 114 243 Q 129 222 134 237 Q 138 250 140 269 L 139 301 Q 138 314 135 330 Q 110 474 103 520 C 98 550 98 551 94 553 Z", "M 294 296 Q 310 277 326 270 Q 336 263 348 284 Q 364 317 382 490 Q 388 518 408 544 Q 420 557 408 569 Q 392 584 351 605 Q 336 611 263 592 Q 242 592 94 553 C 65 545 75 508 103 520 Q 109 527 186 542 L 223 549 Q 250 556 284 561 Q 309 565 317 557 Q 335 539 333 520 Q 318 352 302 329 C 291 301 290 300 294 296 Z", "M 247 424 Q 272 430 296 433 Q 318 437 309 449 Q 299 462 275 465 Q 262 466 248 463 L 201 450 Q 170 440 142 429 Q 126 425 146 411 L 202 415 L 247 424 Z", "M 244 330 Q 245 381 247 424 L 248 463 Q 248 484 250 504 Q 257 526 223 549 C 199 567 172 569 186 542 Q 198 524 201 450 L 202 415 Q 202 376 205 318 C 207 288 243 300 244 330 Z", "M 140 269 Q 143 269 148 270 Q 196 283 294 296 C 324 300 326 310 302 329 Q 299 332 295 334 Q 273 344 244 330 L 205 318 Q 169 311 139 301 C 110 292 110 266 140 269 Z", "M 555 647 Q 613 755 623 764 Q 630 774 625 788 Q 621 800 590 819 Q 563 834 545 832 Q 527 828 537 808 Q 547 790 541 758 Q 504 640 416 502 Q 407 492 405 485 Q 404 475 416 478 Q 440 484 492 554 L 504 571 Q 508 580 537 618 L 555 647 Z", "M 437 240 Q 552 357 614 428 L 635 456 Q 678 514 725 581 Q 746 611 781 641 Q 796 653 790 662 Q 789 672 723 695 Q 707 704 659 678 Q 595 657 555 647 C 526 639 507 621 537 618 Q 564 608 644 633 Q 663 639 670 631 Q 676 616 595 490 L 577 464 Q 463 308 250 135 Q 235 122 250 121 Q 298 127 419 224 L 437 240 Z", "M 614 428 Q 692 349 777 273 Q 799 251 837 249 Q 904 245 976 259 Q 995 260 996 266 Q 997 273 984 278 Q 924 303 856 328 Q 754 367 635 456 L 595 490 Q 586 497 579 504 Q 527 555 504 571 C 480 589 472 576 492 554 Q 534 509 577 464 L 614 428 Z", "M 482 228 Q 470 235 437 240 C 409 245 409 245 419 224 Q 449 164 468 45 Q 469 14 488 -8 Q 506 -30 511 -15 Q 517 1 515 29 L 510 64 Q 494 160 492 194 C 490 224 490 225 482 228 Z", "M 730 91 Q 757 175 789 198 Q 807 217 791 236 Q 773 251 718 277 Q 699 284 624 258 Q 537 237 482 228 C 452 223 463 188 492 194 Q 675 234 688 222 Q 698 212 695 192 Q 686 138 674 94 C 666 65 721 63 730 91 Z", "M 515 29 Q 525 28 538 30 Q 604 43 746 52 Q 758 53 759 62 Q 759 71 730 91 C 713 103 703 101 674 94 Q 583 73 510 64 C 480 60 485 30 515 29 Z" ] } 11 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.