許 — permit, approve

ゆるす許 permit

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes

U+8A31 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #720 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #611 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

permit
approve

word

ゆる yuru Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

許(ゆる) す yurusu to forgive 許(ゆる) せる yuruseru to be able to forgive お許(ゆる) し oyurushi permission

きょ kyo On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

特(とっ) 許(きょ) tokkyo patent 許(きょ) 可(か) kyoka permission 許(きょ) 容(よう) kyoyou tolerance 特(とっ) 許(きょ) 庁(ちょう) tokkyochou Japan Patent Office 免(めん) 許(きょ) menkyo license 許(きょ) 諾(だく) kyodaku consent

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

げん言 say #149

ご午 noon

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