How to write 让 (ràng, “to yield”)
让 (ràng), an HSK 2 character, means “to yield”, “to permit” and “to let sb do sth”. The traditional form is 讓, 24 strokes instead of 5. On its own it is an HSK 2 word; it also forms 转让 (“to transfer”), 让步 (“to concede”) and 退让 (“to move aside”). Japanese keeps the traditional 讓, read jou (“allow”).
- Pinyin
- ràng
- Strokes
- 5
- HSK
- 2
- Radical
- 讠 (“speech”)
- Traditional
- 讓
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- 5
As a left-right character it splits into 讠 (“speech”, the radical), strokes 1–2; 上 (“up”), strokes 3–5, written the left part first.
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- leftrightwards → downwards → up and right
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Traditional form
- Simplified
- 让 · 5 strokes
- Traditional
- 讓 · 24 strokes · see its strokes
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| ràng fourth tone | to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc) | 讓 | 转让 让步 退让 避让 |
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- Words with it
- 41 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 让
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 让 讓 | ràng | to yield; to permit HSK 2 |
| 转让 轉讓 | zhuǎnràng | to transfer (ownership, rights etc) HSK 6 |
| 让步 讓步 | ràngbù | to concede; to give in HSK 7-9 |
| 退让 退讓 | tuìràng | to move aside; to get out of the way HSK 7-9 |
| 避让 避讓 | bìràng | to avoid; to yield HSK 7-9 |
| 出让 出讓 | chūràng | to transfer (one's property or rights to sb else) |
| 租让 租讓 | zūràng | to lease out; to rent (one's property out to sb else) |
| 让开 讓開 | ràngkāi | to get out of the way; to step aside |
| 让位 讓位 | ràngwèi | to abdicate; to yield |
| 让球 讓球 | ràngqiú | to concede points |
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