WHOLE CHARACTER
让ràng
to yield; to give way (不争,尽着旁人); to let; to allow; to make way (请; 任凭); to transfer; to sell (索取一定代价,把东西给人); (passive marker) by (被)
让 is yielding in words: 让座 'offer your seat', 让路 'give way', 转让 'transfer'.
ZDIC: 形声,从言、襄声 — that account belongs to the traditional 讓. The simplified 让 keeps the speech side; the right 上 is just the written piece, with no sound role claimed.
MEANING: THE SPEECH RADICAL
讠yán
speech (from 言)
The simplified speech form; not a standalone page.
In 让: meaning: the speech radical Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.
RIGHT: THE POST-SIMPLIFICATION WRITTEN PIECE
上shàng
up; on top
A standalone character (up; above); characters that use it as a piece state the role on their own pages.
In 让: right: the post-simplification written piece No sound relation to ràng is claimed; the old sound side was 襄 (xiāng).