Learn the stroke order of the Chinese character "约"

The character "约" has 6 strokes. Its radical is "纟". View the introduction of "约"

Let's take a look at the stroke order of "约."

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The basic meaning of the Chinese character "约"

v.: weigh; restrict; restrain; make an appointment; arrange; invite; reduce fractions

n.: agreement; appointment

adj.: simple; brief; economical; frugal

adv.: about; around

Form words with "约"

Example phrases using "约"

• 这部汉英词典收录词条约十五万条。

  This Chinese-English dictionary includes/contains about 150,000 entries.

• 约 约这有多重。

  See how much it weighs.

• 我们可以约到下周的哪个下午。

  We could make an appointment for some afternoon next week.

• 他跟电影制片厂签了新片约。

  He signed a new contract with the film studio.

• 这座城东西约六公里，南北约八公里。

  The city is about 6 kilometres from east to west and 8 kilometres from north to south.

• 这艘船偏离航道约95公里。

  The ship had strayed about 95 kms off course.

• 这个水库库容约为3,000万立方米。

  The reservoir has a storage capacity of about 30 million cubic metres.

• 他想约她，但羞于启齿。

  He wanted to ask her for a date, but shyness always held him back.

• 给我约三斤西红柿。

  Weigh out three jin of tomatoes for me.

• 去约他已经来不及了，再说他也不一定有工夫。

  It’s too late to invite him. Besides, he might be too busy to come.

Explanation of Chinese character strokes

The types of Chinese character strokes refer to the classification of basic strokes that make up Chinese characters. According to traditional classification methods, the types of Chinese character strokes can be divided into eight major categories, namely: horizontal, vertical, left-falling, right-falling, dot, lifting, hook, and turning. Here is a brief explanation of each type of stroke:

Horizontal: A straight line segment from left to right, such as the character "一".

Vertical: A vertical line segment from top to bottom, such as the character "丨".

Left-falling: A line segment that falls from top to bottom and slants to the left, such as the character "丿".

Right-falling: A line segment that falls from top to bottom and slants to the right, such as the character "乀".

Dot: A small dot, such as the character "丶".

Lifting: A line segment that falls from top to bottom and bends to the right, such as the character "㇀".

Hook: A hook shape formed at the end of a stroke, such as the character "亅".

Turning: A shape where the stroke turns in the middle, such as the character "乛".

These types of strokes can be combined to form complex Chinese characters, each composed of different strokes. Understanding the types of Chinese character strokes is very important for writing and recognizing Chinese characters.