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The simplified character 让 descends from the traditional 讓, a phono-semantic compound conveying the ideas of yielding, conceding, and permitting. Its traditional structure combines the semantic radical 言 (yán, "speech") with the phonetic component 襄 (xiāng). Historically, the character evoked the use of humble speech to decline, yield, or offer something to another. In simplification, the intricate phonetic 襄 was replaced by the simple directional character 上 (shàng, "up/above"), while the speech radical 言 became 讠. The core meaning now spans giving way, allowing an action, making concessions, and transferring ownership, linking verbal communication to the social act of deference.
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请让我帮助你。
妈妈让我回家。
老师让学生读书。
你能让我过去吗？
这件事让我很高兴。
他总是不让别人说话。
如果你让我决定，我会选择离开。
他的行为让所有人都感到失望。