不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
不许
bùxǔ
not allowed to
Characters in this word
许 xǔ
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 午 noon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 不许大声说话。 Bù xǔ dà shēng shuō huà. You must not speak loudly.
- 这里不许停车。 Zhè lǐ bù xǔ tíng chē. Parking is not allowed here.
- 妈妈不许我去。 Mā ma bù xǔ wǒ qù. Mom does not let me go.