允
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just; fair; to permit; to allow
Formation & memory
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How 允 is formed
How to remember it
consent · Heisig RSH #1905
elbow + human legs
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 允
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 公允价值 | fair value (accounting) | |
| 公允 | equitable; fair | |
| 允文允武 | equally proficient in intellectual and military affairs | |
| 允当 | proper; suitable | |
| 应允 | to give one's assent; to consent; Taiwan pr. [ying4 yun3] | |
| 祝允明 | Zhu Yunming (1460-1526), Ming dynasty calligrapher | |
| 允准 | to approve; to permit; approval; permission | |
| 允诺 | to promise; to consent (to do sth) | |
| 允宜 | appropriate; apt | |
| 允许 | to permit; to allow | |
| 答允 | (literary) to agree; to consent | |
| 朱允炆 | Zhu Yuanwen, personal name of second Ming Emperor Jianwen 建文[Jian4 Wen2] |
Sound family
These characters use 允 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 允 sound part | to grant, to consent; just, fair | |
| 吮 | to suck, to sip, to lick | |
| 沇 | flowing, engulfing, brimming | |
| 狁 | barbarians; a tribe of Scythian nomads |