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, advocate
2. promise
3. betroth
4. 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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Chinese

trad.		許
simp.		许

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǔ (xu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hí
• Min Nan (POJ): khó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˇ
    • Wade-Giles: hsü³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheu
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕy²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: heoi²
    • Yale: héui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoei²
    • IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯³⁵/
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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi³
    • IPA: /hi³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘
    • Tâi-lô: khóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qor
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁵³/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 許
Mandarin	Beijing	/ɕy²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/ɕy²¹³/
	Tianjin	/ɕy¹³/
	Jinan	/ɕy⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/ɕy⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/ɕy⁵³/
	Xi'an	/ɕy⁵³/
	Xining	/ɕy⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/ɕy⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ɕy⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/ɕy⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/ɕy⁴²/
	Chengdu	/ɕy⁵³/
	Guiyang	/ɕi⁴²/
	Kunming	/ɕi⁵³/
	Nanjing	/ɕy²¹²/
	Hefei	/sz̩ʷ²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ɕy⁵³/
	Pingyao	/ɕy⁵³/
	Hohhot	/ɕy⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɕy³⁵/
	Suzhou	/ɕy⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/sz̩ʷ⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/ɕy³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/ɕy³⁵/
	Tunxi	/ɕy³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ɕy⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/ɕy⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/ɕy²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/hi³¹/
	Taoyuan	/hi³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/høy³⁵/
	Nanning	/hy³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/høy³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/hu⁵³/ /kʰɔ⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/hy³²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/xy²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/hɯ⁵³/ /kʰou⁵³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/hu²¹³/ /xɔu²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /hɨʌ^X/▼

Rime
Character	許
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	虚吕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/hiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/xiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/xiɔX/
Wang Li	/xĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xǔ

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*hŋaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	許
Reading #	1/1
No.	13180
Phonetic component	午
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*hŋaʔ/

Verb

許

1. to allow, to permit

Compounds

• 許多／许多 (xǔduō)

Proper noun

許

1. A surname​.

Descendants

• (Hokkien dialect) Tagalog: Co, Ko

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): hia / hiah

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hia / hiah
    • Tâi-lô: hia / hiah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiaf, hiaq
    • IPA (Taipei): /hia⁴⁴/, /hiaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hia⁴⁴/, /hiaʔ³²/

Noun

許

1. (Min Nan) there

See also

• (Mandarin) 那裡／那里 (nàlǐ)
• (Mandarin) 那兒／那儿 (nàr)

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Japanese

Kanji

許

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: こ (ko)
• Kan’on: きょ (kyo)
• Kun: ゆるす (yurusu), ばかり (bakari), もと (moto)

Compounds

Compounds

お手許 (てもと) ‎(otemoto), 御手許 (おてもと) ‎(otemoto) 不許 (ふきょ) ‎(fukyo): not permitting

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

許 (hứa, hớ, hở, hử, hữ, ngỏ)

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