to yield; to give way (不争，尽着旁人); to let; to allow; to make way (请; 任凭); to transfer; to sell (索取一定代价，把东西给人); (passive marker) by (被)
让 is yielding in words: 让座 'offer your seat', 让路 'give way', 转让 'transfer'.
GF0025–2021 character list · 二级WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
ZDIC: 形声，从言、襄声 — that account belongs to the traditional 讓. The simplified 让 keeps the speech side; the right 上 is just the written piece, with no sound role claimed.
WHOLE CHARACTER
to yield; to give way (不争，尽着旁人); to let; to allow; to make way (请; 任凭); to transfer; to sell (索取一定代价，把东西给人); (passive marker) by (被)
让 is yielding in words: 让座 'offer your seat', 让路 'give way', 转让 'transfer'.
ZDIC: 形声，从言、襄声 — that account belongs to the traditional 讓. The simplified 让 keeps the speech side; the right 上 is just the written piece, with no sound role claimed.
MEANING: THE SPEECH RADICAL
speech (from 言)
The simplified speech form; not a standalone page.
In 让: meaning: the speech radical Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.
RIGHT: THE POST-SIMPLIFICATION WRITTEN PIECE
up; on top
A standalone character (up; above); characters that use it as a piece state the role on their own pages.
In 让: right: the post-simplification written piece No sound relation to ràng is claimed; the old sound side was 襄 (xiāng).
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