Chinese Character 授 Meanings and components.

Form

授

Meaning

授 meaning[3] in English

To Teach.

To Instruct.

To Award.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 授 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and to receive (受)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QBBE

How to write 授

To write授shou4to teach you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 受shou4to receive arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 受 = 授

授 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 授 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 授, looks as follow:

授
Pinyin:shou4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Teach . To Instruct . To Award . To Give
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
受
Pinyin:shou4 Shape:冖
Meaning[3]: To Receive . To Accept . To Suffer . Subjected To . To Bear . To Stand . Pleasant . (Passive Marker)
爫
Pinyin:zhao3
Meaning[3]: 'Claw' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 87)
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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