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Kanji Detail for 免 - "exempt, excuse, pardon"
免
- Meaning
免 means "exempt, excuse, pardon."
Exempt - To release from obligation.
Excuse - To forgive; to pardon.
Dismiss - To release from a position.
Give birth - To deliver a child (archaic).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
excuse; dismissal
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
spare; excuse from; evade
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to spare, to excuse from; to evade
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To remove. Such as 免冠, meaning to remove one's hat. | Not affected by something. Such as 免死 (avoid death), 免禍 (avoid disaster). | To dismiss. Being removed from office for a matter is called 免. Today, being relieved of duty is also called 免官. | In mourning rites, removing the cap and tying the hair. Such as 袒免. 袒 means baring the clothes and exposing the arm.
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Sentences including 免
He failed to pass his driving test.
The teacher excused me from the examination.
Can i buy things here duty-free?
I got my license this summer.
She got off easily.