許

See also: 许

Translingual

Han character

許 (radical 149 言+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜口人十 (YROJ), four-corner 0864₀, composition ⿰言午)

1. allow, permit
2. promise
3. betroth
4. used as a surname

References

• KangXi: page 1151, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35298
• Dae Jaweon: page 1618, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3946, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8A31

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Cantonese

Hanzi

許 (simplified 许, Jyutping heoi2, Yale heui2)

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Hakka

Hanzi

許 (POJ hí, Guangdong hi³; hi³, e⁵, i⁵ [Meixian], Hagfa Pinyim hi3)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

許

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: きょ (kyo), こ (ko)
• Kun: ゆるす (yurusu), ばかり (bakari), もと (moto)

Compounds

• お手許, 御手許 (おてもと, otemoto)

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Korean

Hanja

許 (heo, ho) (hangeul 허, 호, revised heo, ho, McCune-Reischauer hŏ, ho, Yale he, ho)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

許 (simplified 许, Pinyin xǔ (xu3), Wade-Giles hsü³)

Compounds

• 許多

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Min Nan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ hia˥˥ ] there
• IPA^(key): [ hiaʔ˥˥ ] there
• IPA^(key): [ kʰɔ˥˧ ] surname

Pronoun

許 (traditional, POJ hia or hiah, traditional 許, simplified 许)

1. there

Proper noun

許 (traditional, POJ Khó·, traditional 許, simplified 许)

1. surname

Descendants

• (Hokkien dialect) Tagalog: Co, Ko

References

• List of common Chinese Surnames

See also

• (Mandarin) 那裡 (nàlǐ)
• (Mandarin) 那兒 (nàr)

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Vietnamese

Han character

許 (hứa, hớ, hở, hử, hữ, ngỏ)