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Kanji Detail for 免 - "to exempt, to excuse"

免

  • Meaning

    免 means "to exempt, to excuse." Also associated with to escape.

    1. Exempt - To release from obligation.

    2. Excuse - To forgive; to pardon.

    3. Dismiss - To release from a position.

    4. Give birth - To deliver a child (archaic).

  • Words using 免

    • 免許 めんきょ Listen license; licence; permission
    • 免疫 めんえき Listen immunity; immunization; immunisation
    • 免除 めんじょ Listen exemption; exoneration; discharge
    • 減免 げんめん Listen reduction and exemption (e.g. taxes); mitigation and remission (e.g. in criminal law)
    • 免税 めんぜい Listen tax exemption; duty exemption
    • 免職 めんしょく Listen dismissal; sacking; discharge
    • 免責 めんせき Listen exemption from responsibility
    • 罷免 ひめん Listen dismissal (from a position); discharge

  • Four-character idioms with 免

    • 免許皆伝 めんきょかいでん Listen possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
    • 天下御免 てんかごめん Listen licensed; chartered; officially allowed
    • 帯刀御免 たいとうごめん Listen a non-samurai being granted the privilege of wearing a sword (during the Edo period)
    • 無罪放免 むざいほうめん Listen acquittal

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    • Verified meaning: to exempt, to excuse
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read たかめん, めん, ゆるし, ゆるす)
    • Also carries these associations: to escape

    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 免

    Surnames 免(たかめん)Listen 免(めん)Listen 免(ゆるし)Listen 免(ゆるす)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    men(メン) メン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    manuga.reru(まぬが-れる) まぬが-れる

    manuka.reru(まぬか-れる) まぬか-れる

  • Strokes

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    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    儿 (ninnyo・hitoashi)

  • Related Keywords

    to exempt to excuse to escape avoid give birth dismiss pardon release forgive immunity waiver liberation dispensation

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.

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