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許 means 'permit'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 671   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-16    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 29    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 33 words   Used in 189 words   Used in 88 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
On
   キョ
Kun
   ゆる to permit, allow, forgive
Kun    もと under
⿰   say; word   noon  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 許 is used 6 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 許 is used 165 times, read 3 ways.
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キョ : 122 words FIND ALL
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Most common form: めんきょ
license; permit; licence; certificate
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もと : 24 words FIND ALL
noun
under one's parents roof
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ゆる : 19 words FIND ALL
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to permit; to allow; to approve; to tolerate
2. to exempt (from fine); to excuse (from); to pardon; to forgive; to release; to let off
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An additional 24 less common words include 許 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 679 (originally: 650)  Joy o' Kanji : 650  Key to Kanji: 202 

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キョ   ゆる to permit, allow, forgive   
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ゴ    noon   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
カン   dry; drying frame   ひ to get dry   ほ to dry (something), to air   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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