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Chinese symbol for “allow”

准
zhǔn
to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of

The closest CC-CEDICT match for allow is 准 (zhǔn), defined as: to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

准 zhǔn
standard, accurate; to permit, to approve, to allow
radical 15 ⼎ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “allow”

WordPinyinMeaning
许可 (許可)xǔ kěto allow; to permit
许 (許)xǔto allow; to permit
准许 (准許)zhǔn xǔto allow; to grant
允许 (允許)yǔn xǔto permit; to allow
给 (給)gěito; for

Related words

Other words that share a character with 准.

WordPinyinMeaning
准备 (準備)zhǔn bèipreparation; to prepare
标准 (標準)biāo zhǔnstandard; norm; criterion; (adjective) standard
批准pī zhǔnto approve; to ratify
准确 (準確)zhǔn quèaccurate; exact; precise
不准bù zhǔnnot to allow; to forbid
瞄准 (瞄準)miáo zhǔnto take aim at; to target

See also: Japanese symbol for “allow”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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