許

permit, promise, praise

許 is composed of 言 (speech) and 午 (noon). 午 is a pictograph of a wooden pestle. A pestle must fit together with a mortar in order to pound grain. Therefore, 許 conveys the idea of corresponding words, and means to agree or to promise; it also carries the meaning of praise.

Vocabulary of 許

許願 (make a wish)
許可 (defense)
期許 (expect)

Classification

Related Characters:

obituary 9計plan 9訂

agree 10訒stutter 10訖

finished 10託request 10記remember 10訊

news 10討ask for 11設

display 11訣farewell 11訛false 11許permit 11訪

sing 12詁interpret 12訶scold 12詐

annotate 12詛swear 12診examine 12詆defame 12証proof 12評

criticize 12詔imperial 13詩poem 13詮explain 13詢ask 13該should 13誠honest 13話saying 13詫astonished 13誇exaggerate 13詭violate 13詳detailed 14誕brag 14誦read 14誌sign 14誩argument 14誖

perverse 14誥enjoin 14說speak 14誓oath 14誚mock 14䛡talk 14誨teach 14誑

recognize 14語speech 15誹slander 15諕intimidate 15諒

trust 15誼relation 15諉shirk 15諗long for 15論discuss 15誰who 15諸various 16諟examine 16諦truth 16諱taboo 16謀

plan 16諢jest 16謔tease 16諷

satirize 16諳know 16諜

spy 16謊lie 17謗

slander 17謅babble 17謨plan 18謫censure 18謳song 18謾deceive 18謹careful 19譙blame 19證proof 19䜌unite 20謄copy 20護protect 20警warn 20議discuss 20譯translate 23戀love 23變change 23讎collate