許

音読おんよみ: キョ

訓読くんよみ: ゆる

画数かくすう: 11

部首ぶしゅ: 訁(ごんべん)

Meaning

Permit / Allow / Forgive / Approve

  • Basic forms
  • 許す — to forgive; to allow; to permit / base form
  • 許します — forgives; allows / masu form
  • 許した — forgave; allowed / ta-form
  • 許して — forgive and …; allow and … / te-form
  • 許さない — do not forgive; do not allow / negative
  • 許せば — if (you) forgive; if it is allowed / conditional
  • 許せ — forgive! allow! / imperative
  • Common expressions
  • 過ちを許す — to forgive a mistake
  • 使用を許す — to permit use
  • More
  • 許せない — unforgivable; unacceptable
  • 許している — has forgiven; is allowing / state

許す(ゆるす) is a godan verb ending in す. It is used both emotionally (forgiving people or mistakes) and formally (granting permission or approval).

  • 許可きょか — permission; approval
  • 許容きょよう — tolerance; acceptance
  • 免許めんきょ — license
  • 特許とっきょ — patent
  • ゆるす — to allow; to forgive

許 is a 形声文字 (semantic–phonetic compound). The left radical relates to speech or expression, and the right component 午 gives the sound. Together, they mean granting through words — hence “permit,” “allow,” and “forgive.”

先生せんせい遅刻ちこくゆるしてくれました。
The teacher forgave the tardiness.

政府せいふ輸出ゆしゅつ許可きょかしました。
The government approved the export.

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Creates
許可きょか — permission; approval
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