让
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See also 讓
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Translingual [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Simplified from 讓 (襄 → 上 and 言 → 讠)
Simplification derived from various Wu dialects, in which 上 and 讓 have identical pronunciations.
Han character [edit]
让 (radical 149 讠+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 戈女卜一 (IVYM))
References [edit]
- KangXi: not present, would follow page 1188, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3941, character 3
- Unihan data for U+8BA9
Cantonese [edit]
Hanzi [edit]
让 (traditional 讓, Yale yeung6)
Mandarin [edit]
Hanzi [edit]
让 (traditional 讓, pinyin ràng (rang4), Wade-Giles jang4)
Pronunciation [edit]
Preposition [edit]
让 (simplified, Pinyin ràng, traditional 讓)
- by (used in passive sentence to introduce the agent)
Verb [edit]
让 (simplified, Pinyin ràng, traditional 讓)
- (Beginning Mandarin) to give way; to yield
