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Kanji Detail for 允 - "sincere, to permit"

允

  • Meaning

    允 means "sincere, to permit."

    1. Sincere - Truly; genuinely; honestly.

    2. To permit - To approve; to acknowledge; to authorize.

  • Four-character idioms with 允

    • 允文允武 いんぶんいんぶ Listen being versed in the literary and military arts

  • Tattoo check: 允

    • Verified meaning: sincere, to permit
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いん, ただし, まこと, まさ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 允

    Given names 允(ただし)Listen 允(まこと)Listen 允(みつる)Listen 允(ゆん)Listen

    Surnames 允(いん)Listen 允(まさ)Listen 允(ゆるす)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    license; sincerity; permit

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    to grant, to allow, to consent

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    just; fair; to permit; to allow

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to grant, to consent; just, fair

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Rising tone | Sincere; honest. | To consent. Like saying to permit. Such as imperial approval is called 俞允. | Appropriate. Such as 平允, meaning the judgment is appropriate. The vulgar form is 乆.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    in(イン) イン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    jou(じょう) じょう

    makotoni(まこと-に) まこと-に

    yuru.su(ゆる-す) ゆる-す

  • Strokes

    tip

    4 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    儿 (ninnyo・hitoashi)

  • Related Keywords

    sincere to permit approval permission consent allow authorize grant honest genuine trustworthy earnest accept sanction acknowledge

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