Dong Chinese dictionary

yǔn

allow, permit

Phonosemantic compound. 㠯 represents the sound and 人 represents the meaning.

Components

yǐ

by means of

允 and 㠯 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.允 /*[l]u[r]ʔ/
㠯 /*ləʔ/

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 㠯 than it was in ancient scripts.

人 Meaning component

rén

person

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yǔn

to grant, to allow, to consent; just; fair; to permit; to allow

Most common words with 允

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (1 verified)

Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.688