许 Strokes Write it Listen 许 xǔ to allow; to permit; to promise HSK 2 6 strokes Radical 讠 Sound + meaning 11 words Built from讠meaningyánwords, speech; to speak, to say午soundwǔnoon; 7th terrestrial branch How it works讠 hints at the meaning (speech), and 午 wǔ hints at the sound.