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Mythic Mandarin

许配 (xǔ pèi): meaning and stroke order

许配 (xǔ pèi) means to betroth a girl (in arranged marriages).

许配

Simplified
许配
Traditional
許配
Pinyin
xǔ pèi

Stroke order of 许配

许

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

Stroke by stroke

配

  • pèi to join; to fit
  • 10 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 许配

  1. xǔ pèi Traditional 許配
    • to betroth a girl (in arranged marriages)

Radicals of the characters

许
Radical 讠 (Kangxi radical 149) in its simplified form · 6 strokes · 讠 on the left, 午 on the right
配
Radical 酉 (Kangxi radical 164) · 10 strokes · 酉 on the left, 己 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.

许配 in our stories

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  • 祝父已经把女儿许配给了有钱的马家。两人在楼台上相会，相对流泪，却无能为力。

    zhù fù yǐjīng bǎ nǚ'ér xǔpèi gěi le yǒuqián de mǎ jiā liǎng rén zài lóutái shàng xiānghuì xiāngduì liúlèi què wúnéngwéilì

    Her father had already betrothed her to the wealthy Ma family. The two met on a terrace and wept facing each other, but could do nothing.

    From the story The Butterfly Lovers HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 许配

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).