懂中文 Dong Chinese

让

ràng

allow

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 上 represents the sound. Simplified form of 讓.

Components
讠 meaning component

讠  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

上 sound,simplified component

上  Sound Simplified component

shàng, shǎng

  

up

Evolution

让 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
让 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
让 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
让 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

让 (讓) 

ràng

allow, permit, yield, concede; to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bèi])

Most common words with 让
Freq.
Word
Meaning

让

to yield

转让

conveyancing (property)

出让

to transfer (one's property or rights to sb else)

让步

to concede

让开

to step aside