允
just; fair; to permit; to allow
4 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,961 U+5141
How 允 is formed
How to remember it
consent · Heisig RSH #1905
elbow + human legs
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 允 as their sound component
These characters all use 允 (yǔn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 允 sound component | yǔn | to grant, to consent; just, fair |
| 吮 | shǔn | to suck, to sip, to lick |
| 沇 | yǎn | flowing, engulfing, brimming |
| 狁 | yǔn | barbarians; a tribe of Scythian nomads |
Words containing 允
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 公允价值 | gōng yǔn jià zhí | fair value (accounting) |
| 公允 | gōng yǔn | equitable; fair |
| 允文允武 | yǔn wén yǔn wǔ | equally proficient in intellectual and military affairs |
| 允当 | yǔn dàng | proper; suitable |
| 应允 | yīng yǔn | to give one's assent; to consent; Taiwan pr. [ying4 yun3] |
| 祝允明 | Zhù Yǔn míng | Zhu Yunming (1460-1526), Ming dynasty calligrapher |
| 允准 | yǔn zhǔn | to approve; to permit; approval; permission |
| 允诺 | yǔn nuò | to promise; to consent (to do sth) |
| 允宜 | yǔn yí | appropriate; apt |
| 允许 | yǔn xǔ | to permit; to allow |
| 答允 | dā yǔn | (literary) to agree; to consent |
| 朱允炆 | Zhū Yǔn wén | Zhu Yuanwen, personal name of second Ming Emperor Jianwen 建文[Jian4 Wen2] |