What 許 means
Its related meanings branch differently in Chinese and Japanese.
In Chinese, 許 can also carry senses such as promise, possibility, or approximation. In Japanese, 許す is a verb; whether it means allowing or forgiving depends on what is being described.
An early ancestor of 許 appears in Western Zhou bronze inscriptions. The graph combines 言, a speech-related meaning component, with 午, a sound component.
Neutral vocabulary; the language and neighboring characters determine which sense fits.
By itself, 許 does not say that permission was granted or forgiveness offered.
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Who writes 許
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsPermission or authorization.
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 許 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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- 許 meaning · 許可 · 許す · 許 permission · 許 forgive · 許 in Chinese · 許 in Japanese
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
許\8A31Codes and encoding1 code points
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