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许

Unicode: U+8BB8

Pinyin: xǔ hǔ

Definition

xǔ:* 应允，认可。 ～可。允～。特～。 * 承认其优点。 赞～。嘉～。 * 预先答应给与。 ～诺。 * 女方接受男方求亲。 ～配。～嫁。以身相～。 * 或者，可能。 也～。或～。 * 处，地方。 何～人。 * 表示约略估计的词。 几～。少～。 * 这样。 如～。 * 中国周代诸侯国名，在今河南省许昌市东。 * 姓。 hǔ:* 〔～～〕众人共同用力的声音。 * （許）

allow, permit; promise; betroth

Structure

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Related substructures

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Precursors

Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
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Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
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Qin Script
c. 475–206 BCE (Qin, Warring States → Qin dynasty)
Qin-area character forms attested on bamboo/wood slips (e.g., Shuihudi, deposited 217 BCE), overlapping chronologically with the standardization of seal script and the emergence of clerical tendencies.Wikipedia ->
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Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC