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Chinese symbol for “permit”

允许
yǔn xǔ
Traditional: 允許
to permit; to allow

The closest CC-CEDICT match for permit is 允许 (yǔn xǔ), defined as: to permit; to allow.

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

允 yǔn
to grant, to consent; just, fair
radical 10 ⼉ · 4 strokes
许 xǔ
to consent, to permit; to promise, to betroth
radical 149 ⾔ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “permit”

WordPinyinMeaning
容许 (容許)róng xǔto permit; to allow
让 (讓)ràngto yield; to permit
得déto obtain; to get
执照 (執照)zhí zhàolicense; permit
可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit

Related words

Other words that share a character with 允许.

WordPinyinMeaning
允诺 (允諾)yǔn nuòto promise; to consent (to do sth)
公允gōng yǔnequitable; fair
应允 (應允)yīng yǔnto give one's assent; to consent
允准yǔn zhǔnto approve; to permit
答允dā yǔn(literary) to agree; to consent
许多 (許多)xǔ duōmany; a lot of
也许 (也許)yě xǔperhaps; maybe
或许 (或許)huò xǔperhaps; maybe

See also: Japanese symbol for “permit”.

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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