让

See also: 讓

让 U+8BA9, 让 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8BA9 ← 讨 [U+8BA8] CJK Unified Ideographs 讪 → [U+8BAA]

Translingual

Traditional	讓
Shinjitai	譲
Simplified	让

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

让 (Kangxi radical 149, 讠+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 戈女卜一 (IVYM), composition ⿰讠上)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1188, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3941, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8BA9

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 讓 (襄 → 上 and 言 → 讠)

Simplification derived from various Wu dialects, in which 上 and 讓／让 are homophonous.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 让 – see 讓 (“to allow; to let; to permit; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 讓).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.