授 — Chinese character
授
shòu
to award, to confer, to instruct, to teach
- Pinyin
- shòu
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 扌 受
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 受
- Japanese
- 授 as a kanji
Common words with 授
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 教授 | jiāo shòu | to teach (a subject) |
| 教授 | jiào shòu | professor |
| 授权 (授權) | shòu quán | to authorize |
| 授予 | shòu yǔ | to award; to confer |
| 传授 (傳授) | chuán shòu | to impart; to pass on; to teach |
| 授课 (授課) | shòu kè | to teach; to give lessons |
| 副教授 | fù jiào shòu | associate professor (university post) |
| 讲授 (講授) | jiǎng shòu | to lecture; to teach |
| 授意 | shòu yì | to inspire; to incite |
| 函授 | hán shòu | to teach by correspondence |
| 授粉 | shòu fěn | to pollinate |
| 授勋 (授勛) | shòu xūn | to award an honor |
English words written with 授
授 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 3 · Mencius 4 · Zhuangzi 14
- Analects 10.5
- Analects 13.5
- Analects 14.13
- Mencius 2B.10
- Mencius 3B.5
- Mencius 4A.17
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
- Zhuangzi The Universe
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