to allow

surname Xu; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps

speech (讠) + phonetic (午) = to permit, to promise

Speech (讠) is the meaningful half here — giving someone your word is the core of allowing or promising. 午 mainly contributes the sound xǔ and does not carry the meaning.

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SpeechSemantic

妈妈不我晚上出去玩。

māma bù xǔ wǒ wǎnshang chūqù wán。

Mom doesn't allow me to go out and play at night.

他答应了,但也他会改变主意。

tā dāying le,dàn yěxǔ tā huì gǎibiàn zhǔyì。

He agreed, but perhaps he will change his mind.

Words with 许

嘉许

jiā xǔ

favorable

通许

tōng xǔ

see 通許縣|通许县[Tong1 xu3 Xian4]

通许县

tōng xǔ xiàn

Tongxu, a county in Kaifeng City 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 Shi4], Henan

开许

kāi xǔ

(literary) to allow

默许

mò xǔ

to accept tacitly

不准许

bù zhǔn xǔ

forbidden

不许

bù xǔ

not to allow

也许

yě xǔ

perhaps; maybe

些许

xiē xǔ

a few; a little; a bit

以身相许

yǐ shēn xiāng xǔ

(of a woman) to give one's heart (to sb); (fig.) to devote oneself wholeheartedly to sb or sth

以身许国

yǐ shēn xǔ guó

to dedicate oneself to the cause of one's country (idiom)

何许

hé xǔ

(literary) what place

More characters with 讠