受

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): semantic 爪 (“hand”) + phonetic 舟 + semantic 又 (“hand”)

舟 in the middle has been simplified to the form of 冖. It has also been interpreted as another semantic component, meaning that the two hands offer a boat.

Han character

受 (radical 29 又+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月月水 (BBE), four-corner 2040₇)

1. receive, accept, get
2. bear, stand

References

• KangXi: page 166, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3159
• Dae Jaweon: page 377, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 396, character 2
• Unihan data for U+53D7

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Cantonese

Hanzi

受 (Yale sau6)

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Japanese

Kanji

受 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: じゅ (ju), しゅう (shū)
• Kun: うける (ukeru), うけ (uke)

Compounds

• 受戒
• 受刑
• 受験
• 受講
• 受賞
• 受諾
• 受動
• 受動態
• 受難
• 受理
• 受領
• 受身形

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Korean

Hanja

受 (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune-Reischauer su)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

受 (pinyin shòu (shou4), Wade-Giles shou⁴)

1. 耶和华神对蛇说，你既作了这事，就必受咒诅，比一切的牲畜野兽更甚。你必用肚子行走，终身吃土。

   Yēhéhuá shén duì shé shuō , nǐ jì zuò le zhè shì , jiù bì shòu zhòuzǔ , bǐ yīqiè de shēngchù yĕshòu gèng shén . nǐ bì yòng dùzi xíng zǒu , zhōng shēn chī tǔ .

   And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Compounds

受害者 受憋 受病 受不了 受不起 受不住 受潮 受宠 受宠若惊 受挫 受到 受得了 受敌 受冻 受罚 受粉 受风 受过 受害 受寒 受旱 受贿 受奖

受教 受戒 受惊 受精 受窘 受看 受累 受冷 受礼 受理 受领 受凉 受命 受难 受盘 受骗 受聘 受气 受气包, 受气包儿 受穷 受屈 受权 受热

受辱 受伤 受赏 受审 受事 受署 受胎 受听 受托 受洗 受降 受刑 受训 受业 受益 受用 受孕 受灾 受阻 受罪 受之有愧 受制

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Vietnamese

Han character

受 (thụ, thọ)