When approved by the Emperor, the document of Sobun (reports to the Emperor) would be marked up with gokaku, an imperial ideogram in Chinese character Kanji of 'Bun' or 'Ka' (literally, 'listened' or 'permitted') below the date of approval (though this procedure was sometimes simplified by the Emperor's oral reply only.)
裁可された場合には、年月日の次に「聞」あるいは「可」という御画を加えた（簡略化されて単に勅答をもって裁可とする例もある）。