譲

See also: 讓

譲 U+8B72, 譲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B72 ← 譱 [U+8B71] CJK Unified Ideographs 譳 → [U+8B73]

Translingual

Traditional	讓
Shinjitai	譲
Simplified	让

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)

Related characters

• 嬢 醸

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

Shinjitai	譲
Kyūjitai	讓

Kanji

譲

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 讓)

1. to allow, to permit, to yield, to concede

Readings

• Go-on: にょう (nyō)^{←にやう (nyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō)^{←じやう (zyau, historical)}
• Kun: ゆずる (yuzuru, 譲る, Jōyō)、せめる (semeru, 譲める)、ゆずり (yuzuri)

Compounds

Terms

• 譲(じょう)渡(と) (jōto)
• 譲(じょう)与(よ) (jōyo)
• 禅(ぜん)譲(じょう) (zenjō)
• 割(かつ)譲(じょう) (katsujō)
• 謙(けん)譲(じょう) (kenjō)
• 謙(けん)譲(じょう)語(ご) (kenjōgo)
• 分(ぶん)譲(じょう) (bunjō)
• 譲(じょう)位(い) (jōi)
• 譲(じょう)歩(ほ) (jōho)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
譲
じょう Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spelling
讓 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 讓 (MC nyangH).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ː]
• (Tokyo) じょー [jóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])

Proper noun

譲(じょう) • (Jō) ^{←じやう (Zyau)?}

1. a male given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
譲
ゆず(る) Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
讓 (kyūjitai)

From the verb 譲(ゆず)る (yuzuru, “to yield, to concede”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟zɨɾɯ̟]
• (Tokyo) ゆずる [yùzúrú] (Heiban – [0])

Proper noun

譲(ゆずる) • (Yuzuru) ^{←ゆづる (Yuduru)?}

1. a male given name

Vietnamese

Han character

譲: Hán Việt readings: nhượng
譲: Nôm readings: nhường, nhàng

1. Variant of 讓, see there for more details.
   • 1875, 貞鼠傳 [Trinh thử truyện, The Story of the Chaste Mouse]‎^[1], page 10b:

     方言勾𱒢底𠁀
     譲粓譲奥易埃譲𫯳

     Phương ngôn câu ví để đời,
     Nhường cơm nhường áo dễ ai nhường chồng?

     Proverbs and sayings that will last for a lifetime.
     Sharing food and clothes is easy, but who would share their husband?