Hanja Analyzer
授

授 — su

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
줄 수
Romanization
su
English
give to, transmit; confer
Mandarin
shòu
Japanese on'yomi
ジュ, シュウ
Japanese kun'yomi
さず.ける さず.かる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#535 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
手 (64, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
受(수)
Unicode
U+6388

Parts that make up 授

  • 扌 손 수variant of 手 다섯 손가락을 편 손손으로 하는 동작
  • 受 받을 수sound

How 授 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 授 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 手, 受.

Korean example words with 授

  • 친수親授 Korean gloss: 손수 줌
  • 수여授與 Korean gloss: 증서, 상장, 훈장 따위를 줌
  • 사수師授 Korean gloss: 스승에게서 학문이나 기술의 가르침을 받음
  • 구수口授 Korean gloss: 학문이나 지식 따위를 말로 전하거나 가르쳐 줌
  • 교수敎授 Korean gloss: 대학에서, 학문을 가르치고 연구하는 사람. 교수, 부교수, 조교수가 있다
  • 지수하다指授 Korean gloss: 지시하여 가르쳐 주다
  • 수유하다授乳 Korean gloss: 젖먹이에게 젖을 먹이다
  • 전수되다傳授 Korean gloss: 기술이나 지식 따위가 전하여지다
  • 여교수女敎授 Korean gloss: 여자 교수
  • 수상식授賞式 Korean gloss: 상을 주는 의식
  • 수유아授乳兒 Korean gloss: 젖을 먹는 어린아이
  • 교수상敎授像 Korean gloss: 교수로서 갖추어야 할 모습

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

Japanese words with 授

  • 教授きょうじゅ professor; teaching; instruction
  • 授業じゅぎょう lesson; class; teaching
  • 助教授じょきょうじゅ assistant professor; associate professor
  • 授受じゅじゅ giving and receiving; transferring; transfer
  • 授賞式じゅしょうしき award ceremony; prize-giving
  • 授業料じゅぎょうりょう tuition fee; course fee
  • 授与じゅよ awarding; conferment; granting
  • 授賞じゅしょう awarding a prize; giving an award
  • 授乳じゅにゅう breastfeeding; nursing; suckling
  • 授産じゅさん sheltered work programs; sheltered work programmes; providing with work
  • 授かるさずかる to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent)
  • 伝授でんじゅ (giving) instruction (esp. in the secrets of an art, discipline, etc.); initiation; teaching

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.

綬

Other hanja read “수”

Other hanja with radical 手

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