Hanja Analyzer
受

受 — su

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
받을 수
Romanization
su
English
receive, accept, get; bear, stand
Mandarin
shòu
Japanese on'yomi
ジュ, シュウ, トウ
Japanese kun'yomi
う.ける -う.け う.かる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#136 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Radical
又 (29, 6 residual)
Unicode
U+53D7

How 受 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 受 as a ideographic compound involving 爪, 舟, 又.

Korean example words with 受

  • 수상受賞 Korean gloss: 상을 받음
  • 수뢰受賂 Korean gloss: 뇌물을 받음
  • 수발受發 Korean gloss: 받음과 보냄
  • 수책受責 Korean gloss: 책망을 받음
  • 수취受取 Korean gloss: 받아서 가짐
  • 수험受驗 Korean gloss: 시험을 치름
  • 수화受話 Korean gloss: 전화를 받음
  • 품수稟受 Korean gloss: 선천적으로 타고남
  • 계수繼受 Korean gloss: 이전의 것을 이어받음
  • 수령受領 Korean gloss: 돈이나 물품을 받아들임
  • 접수接受 Korean gloss: 돈이나 물건 따위를 받음
  • 수권受權 Korean gloss: 선거에 의하여 정권을 얻음

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 受

  • 受験じゅけん taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
  • 受賞じゅしょう winning a prize; receiving an award; being awarded
  • 受け入れうけいれ receiving; acceptance; reception
  • 受注じゅちゅう accepting an order; receiving an order; orders received
  • 受けうけ popularity; favour; favor
  • 受け止めるうけとめる to catch; to stop the blow; to react to
  • 受信じゅしん receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
  • 受け入れるうけいれる to accept; to receive; to agree
  • 受講じゅこう taking a lecture; attending a class; taking a course
  • 授受じゅじゅ giving and receiving; transferring; transfer
  • 受託じゅたく being entrusted with; taking charge of
  • 受け皿うけざら saucer; person (group, institution, etc.) to take over a position or matter; receptacle (e.g. of funds)

Characters sharing the phonetic 受

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “수” in Korean.

Other hanja read “수”

Other hanja with radical 又

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