Tuesday, March 17, 2026

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. 

 

 

 

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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 Chin...