Question

約 つづ.まる、つづ.める、つづま.やか 契約(けいやく): contract; compact; agreement条約(じょうやく): treaty; pact約束(やくそく): (1) arrangement; promise; appointment; pact; engagement (2) convention; rule予約(よやく): (1) reservation; appointment; booking; advance order (2) contract; subscription; pledge制約(せいやく): limitation; restriction; condition; constraints婚約(こんやく): engagement; betrothal節約(せつやく): economising; saving規約(きやく): agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention約(やく): (1) approximately; about (2) promise (3) shortening; reduction; simplification (4) contraction (in phonetics)倹約(けんやく): thrift; economy; frugality 4 糸: thread勺: ladle; one tenth of a go; dip 糸 6 (none) promise Spiderman promised to get Aunt Mae´s ladle back. He started to do a blood oath by spilling drops of blood but Aunt Mae stopped him and bound up the wound. "It´s only a ladle Peter".

Accepted Answer

ヤク promise, approximately, shrink 3 94 9 120 いと・いとへん 形声 Phonetic He tied a thread around the ladle as a reminder of his promise to do more house work.

Kanji	約
Onyomi	ヤク
Kunyomi	つづ.まる、つづ.める、つづま.やか
English	promise, approximately, shrink
Examples	契約(けいやく): contract; compact; agreement 条約(じょうやく): treaty; pact 約束(やくそく): (1) arrangement; promise; appointment; pact; engagement (2) convention; rule 予約(よやく): (1) reservation; appointment; booking; advance order (2) contract; subscription; pledge 制約(せいやく): limitation; restriction; condition; constraints 婚約(こんやく): engagement; betrothal 節約(せつやく): economising; saving 規約(きやく): agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention 約(やく): (1) approximately; about (2) promise (3) shortening; reduction; simplification (4) contraction (in phonetics) 倹約(けんやく): thrift; economy; frugality
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	4
Frequency	94
Components	糸: thread 勺: ladle; one tenth of a go; dip
Number of Strokes	9
Kanji Radical	糸
Radical Number	120
Radical Strokes	6
Radical Reading	いと・いとへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	promise
Koohii Story 1	He tied a thread around the ladle as a reminder of his promise to do more house work.
Koohii Story 2	Spiderman promised to get Aunt Mae´s ladle back. He started to do a blood oath by spilling drops of blood but Aunt Mae stopped him and bound up the wound. "It´s only a ladle Peter".

Promise Ladle Contract Appointment Thread Aunt Blood 約