Read Edit View history 约 yuēyāo HSK3 agreement Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 約. Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 勺 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "bind". The meaning later shifted to "agreement", "restrain", "keep under control", "appointment", and "approximately". Pinyin Separate values with commas yuē × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 約 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 纟 is a component form of 糸. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 约 Simp strokes 约 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 约 Simp strokes 约 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 约 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 293, 774 ], [ 311, 757 ], [ 325, 725 ], [ 249, 580 ], [ 201, 505 ], [ 196, 479 ], [ 233, 471 ], [ 313, 472 ], [ 336, 483 ] ], [ [ 420, 642 ], [ 436, 616 ], [ 439, 599 ], [ 391, 520 ], [ 263, 352 ], [ 248, 327 ], [ 241, 298 ], [ 270, 298 ], [ 360, 331 ], [ 430, 349 ] ], [ [ 136, 118 ], [ 194, 108 ], [ 440, 234 ] ], [ [ 593, 801 ], [ 611, 789 ], [ 631, 759 ], [ 611, 702 ], [ 539, 564 ], [ 466, 467 ] ], [ [ 554, 536 ], [ 621, 545 ], [ 776, 585 ], [ 798, 579 ], [ 828, 550 ], [ 810, 268 ], [ 792, 169 ], [ 767, 99 ], [ 749, 68 ], [ 712, 37 ], [ 604, 111 ] ], [ [ 524, 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466 Q 456 454 468 458 Q 486 465 535 525 L 550 546 Z", "M 701 81 Q 685 80 609 114 Q 599 118 599 112 Q 598 108 609 97 Q 657 45 677 8 Q 689 -16 703 -15 Q 725 -16 744 6 Q 819 72 837 246 Q 847 342 854 475 Q 854 511 876 538 Q 889 553 887 561 Q 886 568 865 582 Q 837 601 800 611 Q 775 618 711 592 Q 702 591 695 587 Q 622 563 550 546 C 521 539 505 525 535 525 Q 596 525 605 527 Q 606 528 610 528 Q 772 564 777 556 Q 798 517 780 275 Q 767 181 737 118 Q 721 84 701 81 Z", "M 540 384 Q 573 351 608 312 Q 618 299 633 298 Q 643 297 649 309 Q 655 322 649 350 Q 643 387 540 428 Q 527 432 520 431 Q 516 428 515 416 Q 518 406 540 384 Z" ] } 6 strokes 约 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 293, 774 ], [ 311, 757 ], [ 325, 725 ], [ 249, 580 ], [ 201, 505 ], [ 196, 479 ], [ 233, 471 ], [ 313, 472 ], [ 336, 483 ] ], [ [ 420, 642 ], [ 436, 616 ], [ 439, 599 ], [ 391, 520 ], [ 263, 352 ], [ 248, 327 ], [ 241, 298 ], [ 270, 298 ], [ 360, 331 ], [ 430, 349 ] ], [ [ 136, 118 ], [ 194, 108 ], [ 440, 234 ] ], [ [ 593, 801 ], [ 611, 789 ], [ 631, 759 ], [ 611, 702 ], [ 539, 564 ], [ 466, 467 ] ], [ [ 554, 536 ], [ 621, 545 ], [ 776, 585 ], [ 798, 579 ], [ 828, 550 ], [ 810, 268 ], [ 792, 169 ], [ 767, 99 ], [ 749, 68 ], [ 712, 37 ], [ 604, 111 ] ], [ [ 524, 421 ], [ 609, 357 ], [ 634, 314 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 344 487 Q 295 490 253 492 Q 211 493 234 518 Q 297 624 357 703 Q 372 721 369 729 Q 366 744 326 775 Q 310 788 290 785 Q 278 782 285 766 Q 303 724 221 572 Q 205 538 167 504 Q 148 491 149 478 Q 153 459 167 440 Q 177 428 190 435 Q 217 450 326 462 C 356 465 374 485 344 487 Z", "M 326 462 Q 218 318 199 309 Q 186 300 189 286 Q 190 273 216 254 Q 226 242 241 255 Q 308 300 418 336 Q 437 340 439 349 Q 442 359 422 356 Q 361 346 286 323 Q 258 313 276 337 Q 319 401 426 531 Q 454 568 478 589 Q 490 599 484 609 Q 474 628 440 646 Q 424 655 415 653 Q 405 649 408 634 Q 411 591 345 488 Q 344 488 344 487 L 326 462 Z", "M 134 135 Q 121 132 119 121 Q 118 106 129 99 Q 154 84 192 67 Q 202 64 215 75 Q 236 96 397 191 Q 418 204 433 218 Q 446 227 446 237 Q 439 243 426 239 Q 317 193 180 143 Q 164 136 134 135 Z", "M 550 546 Q 604 622 641 694 Q 657 728 672 747 Q 679 757 674 771 Q 668 784 638 803 Q 610 818 591 816 Q 573 812 583 791 Q 619 731 467 483 Q 458 473 457 466 Q 456 454 468 458 Q 486 465 535 525 L 550 546 Z", "M 701 81 Q 685 80 609 114 Q 599 118 599 112 Q 598 108 609 97 Q 657 45 677 8 Q 689 -16 703 -15 Q 725 -16 744 6 Q 819 72 837 246 Q 847 342 854 475 Q 854 511 876 538 Q 889 553 887 561 Q 886 568 865 582 Q 837 601 800 611 Q 775 618 711 592 Q 702 591 695 587 Q 622 563 550 546 C 521 539 505 525 535 525 Q 596 525 605 527 Q 606 528 610 528 Q 772 564 777 556 Q 798 517 780 275 Q 767 181 737 118 Q 721 84 701 81 Z", "M 540 384 Q 573 351 608 312 Q 618 299 633 298 Q 643 297 649 309 Q 655 322 649 350 Q 643 387 540 428 Q 527 432 520 431 Q 516 428 515 416 Q 518 406 540 384 Z" ] } 6 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source 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