surname Xu
to allow / to permit / to promise / to praise / somewhat / perhaps

= + : Xu Xian just loves having lunch in the space station. In fact he loves it so much that he calls mission control to get permission to praise it on an advertising column. After he got the permission, he smears his lunch all over the advertising column.

许 character breakdown

7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse / ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)

= 𠂉 + : Willy Walrus (w) is having lunch (午) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He was hiding it in a secret location: With a key (𠂉), he can unlock a chamber hidden in the space station's cross (十).
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like a big "i" (like in information), and I'll represent it by an advertising column. Maud Younger (y) gives a speech (讠) standing on top of an advertising column (讠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2).

Characters with 许 as component

bank of a river

Words with 许

many / a lot of / much
to allow / to permit
license / authorization / permit
to make a wish / to make a vow / to promise a reward
for a long time / for ages
to praise / to laud
to betroth a girl (in arranged marriages)
Xuchang county in Xuchang city 許昌市|许昌市[Xu3 chang1 shi4], Henan
Xu Haifeng (1957-), PRC sharpshooter, 50m pistol gold medalist at Los Angeles 1984 Olympics
to accept a marriage proposal
Tongxu county in Kaifeng 開封|开封[Kai1 feng1], Henan
Tongxu county in Kaifeng 開封|开封[Kai1 feng1], Henan
(literary) to allow / to permit
Xu Qinfu (1891-1953), journalist and writer
Xu Shen (-147) the compiler of the original Han dynasty dictionary Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字|说文解字[Shuo1 wen2 Jie3 zi4]
Schwann cell (support axon of nerve cell) / neurolemmocyte
Xuchang, prefecture-level city in north Henan, on the Beijing-Guangzhou railway line
Xuchang, prefecture-level city in north Henan, on the Beijing-Guangzhou railway line

Sentences with 许

许 currently does not appear in any sentence.