to allow; to permit; to promise

HSK 4 #263

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 263rd character
Radical ⾔ (149.4)
Strokes 6
Index # 554
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

许 xǔ
  1. 1. to allow
  2. 2. to permit
  3. 3. to promise
  4. 4. perhaps
  5. 5. somewhat
  6. 6. surname Xu
  7. 7. to praise

Stroke order

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Words containing 许

Word Meaning
betrothed
Xu Qinfu (1891-1953), journalist and writer
Xu Shen, Han dynasty author of Shuowen Jiezi
Schwann cell (support axon of nerve cell); neurolemmocyte
Xuchang, a city in Henan, China
Xuchang prefecture in Henan
Xuchang city in Henan, China
Xuchang County in Henan, China
Xu Haifeng (1957-), PRC sharpshooter, 50m pistol gold medalist at Los Angeles 1984 Olympics
to accept a marriage proposal
wishing well
Tongxu county in Kaifeng kāi fēng, Henan
Tongxu county in Kaifeng kāi fēng, Henan
(literary) to allow; to permit
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