Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

諾: consent, assent

Also: agreement

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

言 carries the meaning · 若 gives the sound

15 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ダクdaku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 受諾じゅだくacceptance
  • 承諾しょうだく
  • 許諾きょだくconsent; assent; approval
  • 快諾かいだくready consent
  • 諾否だくひconsent or refusal; yes or no
  • 内諾ないだくinformal consent; private consent

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
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繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
言

Also built on speech (言)

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若

Also built on young (若)

The 若 sound family doesn't share one reading.

Also read ダク

1 kanji shares this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
諾 consent · 若
vs謹 discreet · 堇
諾 has 若 where 謹 has 堇.
In ChineseSimplified 诺 · traditional, as in Japanese · nuò

Japan keeps the traditional form 諾; mainland China simplifies it to 诺.

Simplified
诺 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
諾 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin nuò 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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