Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N3

720 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: permit, approve

Kunyomi: ゆる.す もと

Onyomi: キョ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ごんべん

Meaning: speech

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

(めんきょ)   license [n.]

(とっきょ)   patent [n.]

可する(きょかする)   approve, permit, admit

す(ゆるす)   allow, forgive, permit, admit

Onyomi Examples

キョダク consent

キョカ permission, approval, authorization, license

トッキョ patent, special permission, licence (license), concession, franchise, charter, proprietary

専売特 センバイトッキョ patent, one's specialty (party piece, etc.)

Kunyomi Examples

ゆるす to permit, to allow, to approve, to consent to, to forgive, to pardon, to excuse, to tolerate, to exempt (someone) from, to remit, to release, to let off, to acknowledge, to admit, to trust, to confide in, to let one's guard down, to give up (points in a game, distance in a race, etc.), to yield

すまじ ゆるすまじ unforgivable, inexcusable, unpardonable

もと under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.), under (a flag, the sun, etc.), beneath, with (e.g. one blow), on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...), in (e.g. the name of), (someone's) side, (someone's) location

胸元 むなもと breast, chest, pit of the stomach, solar plexus, epigastrium

此処 ここもと here, this area, around here, I, me