譲

See also: 讓

譲 U+8B72, 譲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B72 ← 譱 [U+8B71] CJK Unified Ideographs 譳 → [U+8B73]

Translingual

Traditional	讓
Shinjitai	譲
Simplified	让

Glyph origin

Simplified from 讓 (襄 → 㐮). The modern Japanese usage is of reform (shinjitai) nature.

Han character

譲 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+13, 20 strokes, cangjie input 卜口卜金女 (YRYCV), composition ⿰言㐮)

Related characters

• 嬢 醸

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1184, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36037
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 4025, character 12
• Unihan data for U+8B72

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 譲 – see 讓 (“to allow; to let; to permit; etc.”). (This character, 譲, is a variant form of 讓.)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	譲
Kyūjitai	讓

Kanji

譲

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 讓)

1. allow, permit, yield, concede

Readings

• Go-on: にょう (nyō)
• Kan-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō)
• Kun: ゆずる (yuzuru, 譲る, Jōyō); せめる (semeru, 譲める)

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
譲
じょう Grade: S
kan’on

Alternative spelling
讓 (kyūjitai)

譲(じょう) • (Jō) 

1. A male given name