受

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See also: 爱, 愛, and 爰
受 U+53D7, 受
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53D7
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Translingual

Stroke order
8 strokes

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

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

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).

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Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 受
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 常 (25)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 殖酉切
Baxter dzyuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡ʑɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/d͡ʑiuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡ʑiəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/d͡ʑuwX/
Li
Rong 		/ʑiuX/
Wang
Li 		/ʑĭəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʑi̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sau6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 受
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shòu
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dzyuwX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*uʔ/
English receive

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 受
Reading # 2/2
No. 11674
Phonetic
component 		受
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		受
Old
Chinese 		/*djuʔ/

Definitions

受

  1. to receive; to accept
    受訪／受访  ―  shòufǎng  ―  to participate in a survey
    收受  ―  shōushòu  ―  to receive
  2. 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
  3. to bear; to stand
    受不了  ―  shòubùle  ―  to be unable to endure
  4. (colloquial) to suit; to fit; to agree with
  5. (slang) bottom; uke
  6. (Hinduism, Buddhism) samjna

Synonyms

  • (to suffer):
  • (to receive):
  • (to bear):
  • (to suit):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "bottom"): 攻 (gōng)

Compounds

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

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

受

  1. a surname: Dao

Japanese

Kanji

受

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. accept

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

受 (eumhun 받을 수 (badeul su))

  1. Hanja form? of 수 (“accept”).

Vietnamese

Han character

受: Hán Nôm readings: thụ, thọ

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