Amazing Chinese Characters (792) Allow - 许（許）

The bronze script of character Allow is

 

The left is character Say - 言 (Post 158), the right is character Noon - 午 (Post 417). Ancient Chinese believed that the shortest distance to God in the sky is noon, if you want to make a wish to God, noon is the best time, or the only time you can convey your wish to God. The original meaning of the character is "Make a Wish, but expended later on to Allow, Permit, Promise, etc.

The big seal script of character Allow is

 

Similar to bronze script.

 

The small seal script of character Allow is

Similar to big seal script on the left, the right part, small seal script is more curved, and the dot in big seal script becomes a short line because small seal script has not dot, all dots are replaced by short lines.

The clerical script of character Allow is

The left is character Say in clerical script, the right is character Noon. The curves in older scripts become straight strokes, which is the clerical script characteristic.

 

The simplified song typeface of character Allow is

 

The left is Radical Say, the right is character Noon.

 

The pinyin of character 许 is Xu3. 

 

 

 

Amazing Chinese Characters (791) Place (for human activities) - 所

The bronze script of character Place is

The left is character Household - 户 (Post 271), the right is character Catty - 斤 (Post 698), here is split firewood. The character means a warehouse or storeroom for firewood.

The character means nowadays office, residential house, a place for human activity.  

The big seal script of character Place is

Similar to bronze script.

Small seal script of character Place is

The left is similar to that in older scripts, the right changed to more curved.

The clerical script of character Place is

The left is similar to that of older script, the right is changed to more straight lines. 

The song typeface of character Place is

Very similar to clerical script.

The pinyin of character Place - 所 is Suo3.