Memory phrase for the character: 許

許

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Meaning

permit, forgive, approve

Pronunciation

 KYO
yurusu, moto

Explanation

 Left: word 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: noon 午 (The vertical pestle hits the center of the mortar --> center of the day)

Mnemonic
 
Words at noon are permitted.

Radicals

言 word, speechSound waves above the opened mouth 口 symbolize the spoken word.
午 noonCompare with "box" 缶 [かま, カン], which shows a pestle 午 in a mortar 凵. Just as the pestle is vertical in the mortar, the sun is vertical at noon.
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 Vocabulary

許す ゆるす  to permit, allow, approve, exempt (from fine)
許可 きょか  permission, approval
免許 めんきょ  license, permit, licence, certificate
特許 とっきょ  special permission, patent
許容 きょよう  permission, pardon
許可者 きょかしゃ  permitter, licensor​
許可された人 きょかされたひと  admittee, licensee​

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