U+8A31 "許" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
許
U+8A31 "許" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a verb meaning "to permit," "to allow," or "to promise," and it is also used as a surname. In traditional Chinese and Japanese writing systems, this character appears in contexts ranging from legal permissions to personal commitments, such as in the word "許可" (permission or license). Its structure combines the radical for speech or words (言) on the left, indicating communication, with a phonetic component on the right, reflecting its role in expressing verbal agreements or consent. The character is distinct from its simplified Chinese variant "许," though both carry the same core meanings and are widely used in East Asian languages including Korean Hanja.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8A31 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 許 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 許 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xA8 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8A31 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008A31 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8a31 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B35C |
| kCCCII | 215848 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5D42 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5D42 |
| kCangjie | YROJ |
| kCantonese | heoi2 |
| kCihaiT | 1239.402 |
| kCowles | 1218 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1618.030 |
| kDefinition | allow, permit; promise; betroth |
| kEACC | 215848 |
| kFanqie | 虚吕 |
| kFenn | 37B |
| kFennIndex | 190.12 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0864.0 |
| kGB1 | 4877 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kGSR | 0060i |
| kHangul | 허:0E |
| kHanYu | 63946.090 |
| kHanyuPinlu | xǔ(1465) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 63946.090:xǔ,hǔ |
| kHKGlyph | 3767 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1618.030 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63946.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1151.140 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-506D |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B35C |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3576 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F3AE |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7A49 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5D42 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-667E |
| kJapanese | キョ コ ク ゆるす ばかり もと ゆるし |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kJapaneseKun | YURUSU BAKARI MOTO |
| kJapaneseOn | KYO KO |
| kJis0 | 2186 |
| kKangXi | 1151.140 |
| kKarlgren | 167 |
| kKorean | HE HO |
| kLau | 1249 |
| kMandarin | xǔ |
| kMatthews | 2825 |
| kMeyerWempe | 819 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ024389 |
| kMorohashi | 35298 |
| kNelson | 4324 |
| kPhonetic | 518 950 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1680+149.7.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 149.4 |
| kSBGY | 258.03 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "许" U+8BB8 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 644.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xǔ粵heoi2 hǔ粵fu2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6079 |
| kTang | *xiǔ |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | hứa |
| kXerox | 242:071 |