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讓

See also: 让 and 譲
讓 U+8B93, 讓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B93
← 讒
[U+8B92] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 讔 →
[U+8B94]

Translingual

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Traditional 讓
Shinjitai 譲
Simplified 让

Han character

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讓 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+17, 24 strokes, cangjie input 卜口卜口女 (YRYRV), four-corner 00632, composition ⿰訁襄)

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1187, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36139
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1651, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4032, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+8B93

Chinese

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trad. 讓
simp. 让
alternative forms 譲
𫟝
攘
誏／𬣼

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (襄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
囊 *naːŋ
蠰 *naːŋ, *sraŋ, *hnjaŋs, *njaŋʔ
曩 *naːŋʔ
灢 *naːŋʔ, *naːŋs
儾 *naːŋs
孃 *naŋ, *njaŋ
瓤 *naŋ, *njaŋ
鑲 *naŋ, *njaŋ
釀 *naŋs
瓖 *snaŋ, *snaŋ
驤 *snaŋ
襄 *snaŋ
纕 *snaŋ
忀 *snaŋ
欀 *snaŋ, *njaŋs
饟 *hnjaŋ, *hnjaŋʔ, *hnjaŋs
攘 *njaŋ, *njaŋʔ, *njaŋs
禳 *njaŋ
穰 *njaŋ, *njaŋʔ
躟 *njaŋ, *njaŋʔ
瀼 *njaŋ
獽 *njaŋ
儴 *njaŋ
蘘 *njaŋ
鬤 *njaŋ, *rnaːŋ
勷 *njaŋ
壤 *njaŋʔ
嚷 *njaŋʔ
讓 *njaŋs
懹 *njaŋs
攮 *rnoːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *njaŋs): semantic 言 + phonetic 襄 (OC *snaŋ) – to criticize; to reproach.

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • niū/niō͘ - vernacular;
  • jiōng/liōng/jiāng - literary.
Note:
  • niên7/nion7 - vernacular (niên7 - Chaozhou);
  • riang6 - literary.
Note: 6gnian (Hangzhounese) - younger speakers only, influenced by other Wu languages.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 讓
Mandarin Beijing /ʐɑŋ⁵¹/
Harbin /ʐaŋ⁵³/
Tianjin /iɑŋ⁵³/
/ʐɑŋ⁵³/
Jinan /ʐaŋ²¹/
Qingdao /iaŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ʐaŋ³¹²/
Xi'an /ʐaŋ⁴⁴/
Xining /ʐɔ̃²¹³/
Yinchuan /ʐɑŋ¹³/
Lanzhou /ʐɑ̃¹³/
Ürümqi /ʐɑŋ²¹³/
Wuhan /naŋ³⁵/
Chengdu /zaŋ¹³/
Guiyang /zaŋ²¹³/
Kunming /ʐã̠¹/
Nanjing /ʐaŋ⁴⁴/
Hefei /ʐɑ̃⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /zɒ̃⁴⁵/
Pingyao /ʐɑŋ³⁵/
Hohhot /ʐɑ̃⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /ȵiã²³/
Suzhou /ȵiã³¹/
Hangzhou /zɑŋ¹³/
Wenzhou /ȵi²²/
Hui Shexian /nia²²/
Tunxi /ȵiau¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ʐan⁵⁵/
/ʐan¹¹/
Xiangtan /ian²¹/
Gan Nanchang /ȵiɔŋ²¹/
Hakka Meixian /ioŋ⁵³/
Taoyuan /ʒoŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jœŋ²²/
Nanning /jœŋ²²/
Hong Kong /jœŋ²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /liɔŋ²²/
/niu²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /nuɔŋ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /niɔŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /ziaŋ³⁵/
/niõ²¹³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /zaŋ³³/
Rime
Character 讓
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 人樣切
Baxter nyangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ȵɨɐŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ȵiɐŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȵʑiɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ȵɨaŋH/
Li
Rong 		/ȵiaŋH/
Wang
Li 		/ȵʑĭaŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȵʑi̯aŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ràng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		joeng6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 讓
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		ràng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ nyangH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*naŋ-s/
English yield

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 讓
Reading # 1/1
No. 13649
Phonetic
component 		襄
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		讓
Old
Chinese 		/*njaŋs/

Etymology 1

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The exopassive of 攘 (OC *njaŋ, *njaŋʔ, *njaŋs, “to remove”) ("to remove" > ("to remove oneself") > "to yield; to concede").

Cognate with 攘 (OC *njaŋ, *njaŋʔ, *njaŋs, “to remove; to steal”), 禳 (OC *njaŋ, “to expel; to sacrifice to expel disasters”), Tibetan གནང (gnang, “to give; to grant”), Burmese နှင်း (hnang:, “to confer; to grant”), Burmese နှင် (hnang, “to drive away; to expel”) (Schuessler, 2007).

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讓

  1. to allow; to let; to permit
    媽媽不讓我去。／妈妈不让我去。  ―  Māma bù ràng wǒ qù.  ―  Mum won't let me go.
    讓我們聯合一起把這項工作做好。 [MSC, trad.]
    让我们联合一起把这项工作做好。 [MSC, simp.]
    Ràng wǒmen liánhé yīqǐ bǎ zhè xiàng gōngzuò zuò hǎo. [Pinyin]
    Let's team up to get this task finished.
  2. to ask (someone to do something); to get (someone to do something); to have (someone do something)
    醫生讓我打針。／医生让我打针。  ―  Yīshēng ràng wǒ dǎzhēn.  ―  The doctor told me to get a shot.
  3. to yield; to concede
    弟弟還小，你就讓著他一點吧。 [MSC, trad.]
    弟弟还小，你就让著他一点吧。 [MSC, simp.]
    Dìdi hái xiǎo, nǐ jiù ràng zhe tā yīdiǎn ba. [Pinyin]
    Your brother is still little, why don't you just let him have his way a bit.
  4. (driving) to yield; to give way
  5. by (passive signifier)
    行李讓雨給淋濕了。 [MSC, trad.]
    行李让雨给淋湿了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Xíngli ràng yǔ gěi lìnshī le. [Pinyin]
    The luggage was soaked by rain.
  6. (literary) to criticise; to reproach
Synonyms
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  • (to allow): (Hokkien, Teochew) 傳／传 (chuán)
  • (to yield): 讓行／让行 (ràngxíng)
  • (to ask someone to do something):

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French Jean.

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讓

  1. A transliteration of the French surname and male given name Jean
    讓-雅克·盧梭／让-雅克·卢梭  ―  ràng - yǎkè lúsuō  ―  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Shinjitai

譲

Kyūjitai

讓

Kanji

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讓

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 譲)

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Readings

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  • Go-on: にょう (nyō)←にやう (nyau, historical)
  • Kan-on: じょう (jō)
  • Kun: ゆずる (yuzuru, 讓る)

Korean

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Hanja

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讓 • (yang) (hangeul 양)

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Han character

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讓: Hán Nôm readings: nhượng, nhường, nhằng, nhàng, lâm

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