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Mythic Mandarin

或许 (huò xǔ): meaning and stroke order

或许 (huò xǔ) means perhaps; maybe.

或许

Simplified
或许
Traditional
或許
Pinyin
huò xǔ

Stroke order of 或许

或

  • huò maybe; perhaps
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

许

  • Xǔ surname Xu
  • xǔ to allow; to permit
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 許

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 或许

  1. huò xǔ Traditional 或許
    • perhaps; maybe

Radicals of the characters

或
Radical 戈 (Kangxi radical 62) · 8 strokes
许
Radical 讠 (Kangxi radical 149) in its simplified form · 6 strokes · 讠 on the left, 午 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

或许 in our stories

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  • 追不上的梦想，未必就是白追的。这，或许正是这个古老神话最动人之处。

    zhuī bú shàng de mèngxiǎng wèibì jiù shì bái zhuī de zhè huòxǔ zhèngshì zhè gè gǔlǎo shénhuà zuì dòngrén zhī chù

    A dream you cannot catch up with is not necessarily chased in vain. This, perhaps, is what is most moving about this ancient myth.

    From the story Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 或许

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).