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Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 襄 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (讓)
Simplified (让)
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唁 express condolence善 virtuous狺 the snarling of dogs謠 rumor (trad)這 this (trad)信 faith獄 prison (trad/jp)罰 penalize (trad/jp)訂 place an order (trad/jp)訃 obituary (trad/jp)訇 the sound of a crash計 plan (trad/jp)訌 confusion (trad)討 condemn (trad/jp)訓 instruction (trad/jp)訕 slander (trad)訖 stop (trad)託 entrust (trad/jp)記 remember (trad/jp)訚 speak (simp)
Historical Evolution
讓
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
讓
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
讓
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
讓
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
讓
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
讓
Regular
Modern
Chinese
让 / 讓 [ràng]
to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bèi])
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
譲 じょう
Jō given name
譲 じょうじ
Jōji unclassified name
譲 ゆずり
Yuzuri female given namesurname
譲 ゆずる
Yuzuru female given name
譲 ゆづる
Yuzuru unclassified name
讓 じょう
Jō given name
讓 ゆずる
Yuzuru unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (47)
转让 [zhuǎnràng] #17,167
to transfer (ownership, rights etc)
出让 [chūràng] #35,780
to transfer (one's property or rights to sb else)
让步 [ràngbù] #8,928
to concede
让开 [ràngkāi] #6,143
to get out of the way
让路 [rànglù] #12,490
to make way (for sth)
忍让 [rěnràng] #35,316
to exercise forbearance
避让 [bìràng] #51,299
to avoid
退让 [tuìràng] #22,913
to move aside
让座 [ràngzuò] #39,896
to give up one's seat for sb
让位 [ràngwèi] #23,535
to abdicate
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JAPANESE WORDS (75)
⭐ 譲る [ゆずる] #2,265
to hand over
⭐ 譲歩 [じょうほ] #13,559
concession
⭐ 譲渡 [じょうと] #14,514
transfer
譲り [ゆずり] #15,856
inheritance
譲り受ける [ゆずりうける] #20,867
to take over
百歩譲る [ひゃっぽゆずる] #23,840
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
道を譲る [みちをゆずる] #29,573
to yield
⭐ 譲り渡す [ゆずりわたす] #36,840
to hand over
席を譲る [せきをゆずる] #39,820
to give one's seat to someone
委譲 [いじょう] #48,114
transfer (of authority, power, etc.)
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