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許 = 午 + 言
許 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “permit”. It is built from 午 (noon) and 言 (say). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 611.
- Keyword
- permit
- RTK frame
- 611
- Strokes
- 11
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- キョ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ゆる.す, もと
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- разрешение
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 許 allow
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 許 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “noon” + “say”. 許 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 許 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.