让
ràng · HSK 2
to yield; to permit
🙆 讠(speech) + 上 (shàng, phonetic) → giving permission by word
让 = 讠 'speech' radical + 上 as the phonetic clue (Mandarin shifted shàng→ràng). The core sense is granting or yielding through spoken consent: allow, let, or invite someone to act.
让 — speech radical 讠(言) + 襄 (phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound: 讠(言) 'speech' suggests the meaning, while 襄 supplies the sound. The original sense involved blaming or reproaching with words, then shifted through 'yield in argument' to today's meanings of 'yield, allow, let' and 'cause (someone to do something).'