English Definition: to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps; surname Xu
Chinese Definition:
①应允,认可:许可。允许。特许。
②承认其优点:赞许。嘉许。
③预先答应给与:许诺。
④女方接受男方求亲:许配。许嫁。以身相许。
⑤或者,可能:也许。或许。
⑥处,地方:何许人。
⑦表示约略估计的词:几许。少许。
⑧这样:如许。
⑨中国周代诸侯国名,在今河南省许昌市东。
⑩姓氏。
Total strokes: 11;
Radical: 言 Pictophonetic:午 indicates the sound;
言 (speech) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:- ⿰ Left to right
- 言 [ yán ] words, speech; to speak, to say
- 午 [ wǔ ] noon; 7th terrestrial branch