# 略 — Abbreviation

Frequency rank 855 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 婦 (Lady), less common than 械 (Contraption).

- On’yomi: りゃく
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 田 Field (Kangxi 102)
- Frequency path: Level VII of XX

A rice paddy on top feeds a foot walking toward a mouth below -- a long march from the rice paddy to the mouth is shortened by abbreviation.

In words:

- 略す りゃくす — to abbreviate
- 略奪 りゃくだつ — pillage;plunder;looting;robbery
- 略語 りゃくご — abbreviation;acronym

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