許

Information about character(s)

Radical: 言
Radical Strokes: 7
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 11
Simplified Form: 许

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xǔ, hǔ
Cantonese: heoi2
JapaneseKun: YURUSU BAKARI MOTO
JapaneseOn: KYO KO
Korean: HE HO
Vietnamese: hứa

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: allow, permit; promise; betroth

CE-Dict: to allow/to permit/to promise/to praise/somewhat/perhaps

Soothill: Grant, permit, admit, promise; very.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to allow
2.to promise
3.to praise
4.perhaps

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: allow; perhaps; praise; promise

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: allow; perhaps; praise; promise

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《言部》許聽也。从言午聲。

康熙字典文字版 【酉集上】【言字部】許
【唐韻】【正韻】虛呂切【集韻】【韻會】喜語切，𠀤虛上聲。【說文】聽也。【廣雅】與也。【玉篇】從也。【廣韻】可也。【增韻】約與之也。【書·金滕】爾之許我，我其以璧與珪歸俟爾命。爾不許我，我乃屛璧與珪。【史記·高祖本紀】呂媼怒。呂公曰：始常欲奇此女與貴人，何自妄許與劉季。　又【博雅】進也。【詩·大雅】昭兹來許。【傳】許，進也。【疏】禮法旣許，而後得進，故以許爲進也。　又信也。【孟子】則王許之乎。　又猶興也，期也。【孟子】管仲、晏子之功，可復許乎。　又邑名。【詩·魯頌】居常與許。【箋】許，田也，魯朝宿之邑。　又國名、縣名、州名。【春秋·隱十一年】公及齊侯鄭伯伐許。【疏】地理志云：潁川郡許縣，故許國，漢名許縣，魏武攺曰許昌，後周又攺爲許州。　又姓。【廣韻】出高陽汝南，本自姜姓，炎帝之後，太嶽之裔，其後因封爲氏。　又與鄦通。【史記·鄭世家】鄦公惡鄭于楚。【註】鄦同許，許靈公也。　又【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤火五切，音虎。【詩·小雅】伐木許許。【傳】許許，柹貌。【朱傳】衆人共力之聲。【淮南子·道應訓】今夫舉大木者，前呼邪許，後亦應之，此舉重勸力之歌也。【註】許，音虎。【字彙補】音虛。　又【類篇】滸，一作許。

Buddhism words and phrases permit, approve, allow, authorize, acknowledge

CF-Dict: louer/exalter/permettre/peut-être

Han-De-Dict: Xu (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)/versprechen, erlauben (u.E.) (V)/vielleicht (u.E.) (Adv)