ràng

allow

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
言 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

襄 sound component

  Sound component

xiāng

  

aid

Evolution

讓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
讓 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
讓 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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ràng

allow, permit, yield, concede; to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like [bèi])

Most common words with 讓
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to yield

转让

conveyancing (property)

出让

to transfer (one's property or rights to sb else)

让步

to concede

让开

to step aside