許
See also: 许
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Translingual edit
Han character edit
許 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜口人十 (YROJ), four-corner 08640, composition ⿰訁午)
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1151, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35298
- Dae Jaweon: page 1618, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3946, character 9
- Unihan data for U+8A31
Chinese edit
Glyph origin edit
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *hŋaʔ) : semantic 言 (“speech; words”) + phonetic 午 (OC *ŋaːʔ).
Etymology 1 edit
trad. | 許 | |
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simp. | 许 |
- “place”
- Related to 所 (OC *s-qʰ<r>aʔ, “place; that which”), 處 (OC *t.qʰaʔ, “to be at”), 處 (OC *t.qʰaʔ-s, “place”) (Baxter and Sagart, 2014; also cf. Pan and Tao, 1999).
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
許
- to allow; to permit
- to promise
- to betroth
- to praise
- maybe; perhaps
- (literary) approximately
- so; such
- (literary) place
- 先生不知何許人也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. 4th century, Tao Yuanming, Life of the 'Master of Five Willows' (《五柳先生傳》)
- Xiānshēng bùzhī héxǔrén yě. [Pinyin]
- It is unknown where "The Master" hails from.
先生不知何许人也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Compounds edit
- 不許/不许 (bùxǔ)
- 丹誠相許/丹诚相许
- 也許/也许 (yěxǔ)
- 些許/些许 (xiēxǔ)
- 介許多/介许多
- 以身相許/以身相许 (yǐshēnxiāngxǔ)
- 以身許國/以身许国
- 何許/何许 (héxǔ)
- 何許人/何许人 (héxǔrén)
- 倒許/倒许
- 允許/允许 (yǔnxǔ)
- 公許碼頭/公许码头
- 准許/准许 (zhǔnxǔ)
- 口許/口许
- 嘉許/嘉许 (jiāxǔ)
- 如許/如许
- 孤高自許/孤高自许
- 容許/容许 (róngxǔ)
- 寧許/宁许
- 封官許願/封官许愿
- 少許/少许 (shǎoxǔ)
- 幾許/几许 (jǐxǔ)
- 心許/心许
- 應許/应许 (yīngxǔ)
- 或許/或许 (huòxǔ)
- 推許/推许
- 期許/期许 (qīxǔ)
- 滿應滿許/满应满许
- 片許/片许
- 特許/特许 (tèxǔ)
- 特許行業/特许行业
- 特許費/特许费
- 目成心許/目成心许
- 稍許/稍许 (shāoxǔ)
- 稱許/称许 (chēngxǔ)
- 肯許/肯许
- 自我期許/自我期许
- 自許/自许
- 興許/兴许 (xīngxǔ)
- 許久/许久 (xǔjiǔ)
- 許事/许事
- 許可/许可 (xǔkě)
- 許可證/许可证 (xǔkězhèng)
- 許多/许多 (xǔduō)
- 許大/许大
- 許婚/许婚 (xǔhūn)
- 許嫁/许嫁 (xǔjià)
- 許字/许字
- 許宣/许宣
- 許由棄瓢/许由弃瓢
- 許由洗耳/许由洗耳
- 許許多多/许许多多 (xǔxǔduōduō)
- 許諾/许诺 (xǔnuò)
- 許身/许身
- 許配/许配 (xǔpèi)
- 許願/许愿 (xǔyuàn)
- 讚許/赞许 (zànxǔ)
- 默許/默许 (mòxǔ)
Descendants edit
- → Vietnamese: hứa (“to promise”)
Etymology 2 edit
trad. | 許 | |
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simp. | 许 |
Originally written as 鄦 (OC *hmaʔ), 𱢬 (among others) in pre-Qin texts. By the Han dynasty, it was homophonic with and written as 許, originally meaning “to allow; to promise”, due to voiceless nasals losing nasality, turning into x- (Zhang, 2022b).
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
許
- a surname
- 許慎/许慎 ― Xǔ Shèn ― Xu Shen (author of Shuowen Jiezi)
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Etymology 3 edit
trad. | 許 | |
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simp. | 许 |
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許
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Etymology 4 edit
trad. | 許 | |
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simp. | 许 |
Zheng (2017) suggests that it is from 爾 (OC *njelʔ, “that”). Compare 耳 (OC *njɯʔ, “ear”) > Min Nan hī.
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Japanese edit
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Noun edit
For pronunciation and definitions of 許 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 許, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Korean edit
Hanja edit
許 (eumhun 허락할 허 (heorakhal heo))
Compounds edit
- 허락 (許諾, heorak, “consent; permission”)
Vietnamese edit
Han character edit
許: Hán Nôm readings: hứa, hớ, hở, hử, hữ, ngỏ
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