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约 - yuē

treaty, agreement, covenant

treaty, agreement, covenant

How to read 约

Click 约 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinyuē
Englishtreaty, agreement, covenant
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

约伯 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 约克. Please read 约出 one more time.

Common words with this character

Job; Book of Job in the Old Testament
York
to arrange to go on a date with sb
reduced fraction; to reduce a fraction by canceling common factors in the numerator and denominator

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 约 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 约伯 and 约克 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 约.