受

See also: 爱, 愛, and 爰

受 U+53D7, 受 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53D7 ← 取 [U+53D6] CJK Unified Ideographs 变 → [U+53D8]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 㖟, 㥅, 授, 涭, 𠺥, 綬(绶), 𦈽, 䛵, 𠹾, 辤, 閿(阌)

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		受
alternative forms		𠭧 𡬳

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 受
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (受) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
受	*tuːs, *djuʔ
綬	*djuʔ, *djus
授	*djus

Possibly a ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 爪 (“hand”) + 凡 (“plate”) + 又 (“hand”) – to hand over.

凡 in the middle was corrupted into 舟 (OC *tjɯw), which acted as a phonetic component. Alternatively, the character may have always been a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tuːs, *djuʔ) : semantic 爪 (“hand”) + phonetic 舟 (OC *tjɯw, “boat”) + semantic 又 (“hand”). The 凡 or 舟 has been simplified to 冖 since the seal script.

Etymology

“bottom; uke”

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 受(う)け (uke).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 受

1. to receive; to accept

   受訪／受访  ―  shòufǎng  ―  to participate in a survey

   收受  ―  shōushòu  ―  to receive

2. to bear; to stand

   受不了  ―  shòubùle  ―  to be unable to endure

3. to suffer; to be met with

   受驚嚇／受惊吓  ―  shòu jīngxià  ―  to be frightened

   受人煽動／受人煽动  ―  shòu rén shāndòng  ―  to be incited by others

4. (slang) bottom; uke

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Pronunciation 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 受 – see 授 (“to give to; to transmit; to confer; to award; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 授).

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dào (Dao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dào
    • Wade–Giles: Tao⁴
    • Yale: Dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Daw
    • Palladius: Дао (Dao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tuːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	受
Reading #	1/2
No.	11673
Phonetic component	受
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	到
Old Chinese	/*tuːs/
Notes	姓，下原誤作丈，依集韻校改

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 受

1. a surname

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

受

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

1. accept

Readings

• Go-on: ず (zu)
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: じゅ (ju, Jōyō)^{←じゆ (zyu, historical)}
• Kun: うかる (ukaru, 受かる, Jōyō)、うける (ukeru, 受ける, Jōyō)、うけ (uke, 受け)

Compounds

• 受(うけ)身(み)形(けい) (ukemikei)
• 受(じゅ)刑(けい) (jukei)
• 受(じゅ)動(どう) (judō)
• 受(じゅ)動(どう)態(たい) (judōtai)
• 受(じゅ)戒(かい) (jukai)
• 受(じゅ)理(り) (juri)
• 受(じゅ)諾(だく) (judaku)
• 受(じゅ)講(こう) (jukō)
• 受(じゅ)賞(しょう) (jushō)
• 受(じゅ)難(なん) (junan)
• 受(じゅ)領(りょう) (juryō)
• 受(じゅ)験(けん) (juken)

 

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Korean

Hanja

受 (eumhun 받을 수 (badeul su))

1. hanja form^? of 수 (“accept”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

受: Hán Nôm readings: thụ, thọ

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