许

See also: 許

许 U+8BB8, 许 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8BB8 ← 讷 [U+8BB7] CJK Unified Ideographs 讹 → [U+8BB9]

Translingual

Han character

许 (radical 149, 讠+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 戈女人十 (IVOJ), composition ⿰讠午)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1188, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3947, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8BB8

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 許 (言 → 讠)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 许 – see 許 (“to allow; to permit; to promise; etc.”). (This character, 许, is the simplified form of 許.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.