# 许 U+8BB8 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8BB8

A Chinese character meaning “allow, permit; promise; betroth”, read xǔ in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `许` |
| Codepoint | U+8BB8 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8BB8 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `许` `许` |
| CSS | `\8BB8` |
| JavaScript | `\u8BB8` |
| UTF-8 | E8 AE B8 |
| UTF-16 | 8BB8 |
| Definition | allow, permit; promise; betroth |
| Mandarin | xǔ |
| Cantonese | heoi2 |

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- 讲 [U+8BB2 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8BB2](https://unicodekit.com/char/8BB2)
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Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/8BB8 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/8BB8