略

畧

lvè

各 + 田

HSK 3.0Level 7

Definitions

lüe (noun) summary; outline

lüe (noun) plan; strategy

lüe (adverb) slightly; somewhat

lüe (verb) to summarize; to omit

lüe (verb) to rob; to plunder

Etymology

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".

Semantic: 田 Phonetic: 各

About

略 is a phonosemantic compound combining the field radical 田 on the left, which suggests the meaning, and the phonetic component 各 on the right. Its original sense was "to demarcate land boundaries", an agricultural practice of dividing and surveying fields that explains the presence of 田. Over time, this notion of setting out limits broadened to signify an outline or summary, and later came to mean "approximately", along with the related act of omitting or skipping details to keep things concise.

Etymology Hide

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

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Example Sentences Hide

忽略细节可能会犯错。

Hūlüè xìjié kěnéng huì fàncuò.

Ignoring details might lead to mistakes.

他对这个计划略有耳闻。

Tā duì zhège jìhuà lüè yǒu ěrwén.

He has heard a little about this plan.

这本书略微有点枯燥。

Zhè běn shū lüèwēi yǒudiǎn kūzào.

This book is a little bit dull.

我们需要制定一个策略。

Wǒmen xūyào zhìdìng yī gè cèlüè.

We need to formulate a strategy.

请大略描述一下你的想法。

Qǐng dàlüè miáoshù yīxià nǐ de xiǎngfǎ.

Please roughly describe your idea.

两队的实力略有差距。

Liǎng duì de shílì lüè yǒu chājù.

There is a slight gap in the strength of the two teams.

历史书上简略记载了这件事。

Lìshǐ shū shàng jiǎnlüè jìzǎile zhè jiàn shì.

This event was briefly recorded in the history book.

这次侵略战争给人民带来了深重苦难。

Zhè cì qīnlüè zhànzhēng gěi rénmín dàiláile shēnzhòng kǔnàn.

This war of aggression brought profound suffering to the people.

Related Characters

Component: 各

Component: 田

略