容许
róngxǔ · HSK 7
to permit; to allow
🪪 容 tolerate + 许 permit = to allow in; both halves push the same idea
容 carries hold or tolerate, 许 means grant or permit, so the pair stacks two permission words into one verb: to allow or let in. Sound cue: róng like wrong without the w, xǔ like shoe shortened.
许 — speech radical 讠 (言) + 午 (noon/phonetic)
许 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The 讠 (speech) radical signals a meaning tied to spoken acts, while 午 supplies the sound. Its core senses — to permit, promise, or praise — all stem from things granted through words.