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略

Level VII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 855 / 2,608

Abbreviation

On’yomi
りゃく
Kun’yomi
—
Radical
田 Field (Kangxi 102)

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

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

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 abbreviateN2
略奪 りゃくだつ pillage;plunder;looting;robberyN1
略語 りゃくご abbreviation;acronymN1

略 is rank 855 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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