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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xǔ | xu3
English translation
to consent, to permit; to promise, to betroth

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

言午

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
也许 yěxǔ perhaps也許
许多 xǔduō many許多
或许 huòxǔ perhaps或許
允许 yǔnxǔ to permit允許
to allow
不许 bù xǔ not to allow不許
许可 xǔkě to allow許可
许可证 xǔ kě zhèng license許可證
少许 shǎo xǔ a little少許
特许 tè xǔ license特許
许愿 xǔ yuàn to make a wish許願
许久 xǔ jiǔ for ages許久
些许 xiē xǔ a few些許
许诺 xǔ nuò promise許諾
容许 róng xǔ to permit容許
准许 zhǔn xǔ to allow准許
许下 xǔ xià to make a promise許下
赞许 zàn xǔ to praise讚許
默许 mò xǔ acquiescence默許
兴许 xìng xǔ perhaps興許
许昌 Xǔ chāng Xuchang prefecture level city in north Henan, on the Beijing-Guangzhou railway line許昌
几许 jǐ xǔ quite a few幾許
期许 qī xǔ to hope期許
稍许 shāo xǔ a little稍許

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