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Chinese symbol for “lecture”

讲授
jiǎng shòu
Traditional: 講授
to lecture; to teach

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lecture is 讲授 (jiǎng shòu), defined as: to lecture; to teach.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

讲 jiǎng
talk, speech, lecture; to speak, to explain
radical 149 ⾔ · 6 strokes
授 shòu
to award, to confer, to instruct, to teach
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “lecture”

WordPinyinMeaning
讲学 (講學)jiǎng xuéto lecture (on branch of learning)
讲演 (講演)jiǎng yǎnto lecture; to speak publicly
讲习 (講習)jiǎng xíto lecture; to instruct
报告 (報告)bào gàoto inform; to report
讲 (講)jiǎngto speak; to explain

Related words

Other words that share a character with 讲授.

WordPinyinMeaning
讲话 (講話)jiǎng huàa speech; to speak
演讲 (演講)yǎn jiǎngto give a lecture; to make a speech
讲述 (講述)jiǎng shùto talk about; to narrate; to give an account
讲座 (講座)jiǎng zuòcourse of lectures; lecture series; chair (academic position)
来讲 (來講)lái jiǎngas to; considering
讲究 (講究)jiǎng jiuto pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality
教授jiāo shòuto teach (a subject)
授权 (授權)shòu quánto authorize

See also: Japanese symbol for “lecture”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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