Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

授: impart, instruct

Also: grant, confer

JLPT N111 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met

扌 carries the meaning · 受 gives the sound

11 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

ジュju · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 授業じゅぎょうlesson, class
  • 授業料じゅぎょうりょうschool fees, tuition
  • 授業中じゅぎょうちゅうwhile in class, during a class
  • 授与するじゅよするaward
  • 教授きょうじゅprofessor

さずけるsazukeru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 授けるさずけるgrant [v.t.]

さずかるsazukaru · kun'yomi

  • 授かるさずかるbe granted [v.i.]

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)手 hand (meaning) + 受 (sound)

Source: Wiktionary, 授 (rev. 92500630), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
More in the 扌 hand story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
扌

Also built on hand (扌)

All 88

Also read ジュ

12 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shòu

Same form: 授 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
授 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
授 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin shòu most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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