許 – permit, approve

11 strokesTaught in grade 5#720 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 許 means permit, approve. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キョ (kyo); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ゆる.す、もと (yurusu, moto). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 言 (no. 149).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キョ	kyo
Kun’yomi	ゆる.す	yurusu
Kun’yomi	もと	moto

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 言 (Kangxi radical 149). Components: ノ・干・言・十・乞.

Words using 許

許可きょかpermission免許めんきょlicense許すゆるすto permit特許とっきょpatent許容きょようpermission

Example sentences

ここでの喫煙は許可されていません。

Smoking is not permitted here.

Tatoeba #224646

やっと免許が取れました。

I got a driver's license at last.

Tatoeba #193057

ＤＮＡのサンプルを貯える事は許されるべきではない。

It shouldn't be permitted to store samples of DNA.

Tatoeba #234857

Kanji with the same radical

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