yǔn = yu + (e)n3
just / fair / to permit / to allow
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How to pronounce 允

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= yu initial

Yu is for Yu the Great who tamed the floods.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ (e)n3 final

In the encampment’s living room.

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允 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
rén = r + (e)n2
variant of 人[ren2] / "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc
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ér = Ø + Ø2
child / son
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non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final
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mǒu = m + ou3
old variant of 某[mou3]
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= s + Ø1
old variant of 私[si1]
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Characters with 允 as component

yǎn = y + an3
archaic variant of 兗|兖[Yan3]
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yǔn = yu + (e)n3
name of a tribe
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Words with 允

appropriate / apt
equally proficient in intellectual and military affairs
proper / suitable

Sentences with 允

允 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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yǔn

just / fair / to permit / to allow

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