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Translingual
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 ⿰訁㐮)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: 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
Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 譲 – see 讓 (“to allow; to let; to permit; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 讓). |
Japanese
Kanji
譲
(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 讓)
- allow, permit, yield, concede
Readings
Proper noun
| Alternative spelling
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| 讓 (kyūjitai)
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譲 • (Jō)
- a male given name