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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

允: license, sincerity

Also: permit

JLPT N14 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

厶 and 儿 carry the meaning

4 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

インin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 允許いんきょpermission; licence; license
  • 允可いんかpermission; assent; compliance

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 雅楽允うたのじょうsecond assistant court musician (ritsuryō…

Also read じょう, まことに, ゆるす, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Stand tall on your own two feet! This radical represents the physical foundation of a person—their legs and their incredible ability to walk, stand firm, and move through the world.”
More in the 儿 human legs story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
厶

Also built on private (厶)

All 18
儿

Also built on human legs (儿)

All 16

Also read イン

15 kanji share this on'yomiAll 15

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
允 license · 儿
vs公 public · 八
允 has 儿 where 公 has 八.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yǔn

Same form: 允 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
允 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
允 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yǔn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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