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Translingual
Han character
授 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手月月水 (QBBE), four-corner 52047, composition ⿰扌受)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 436, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12242
- Dae Jaweon: page 786, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1901, character 2
- Unihan data for U+6388
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 受
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*tuːs, *djuʔ
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| 綬
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*djuʔ, *djus
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| 授
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*djus
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *djus) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 受 (OC *tuːs, *djuʔ).
There are actually three “hands” in this character, as 爫 also means “hand”. As does 又 graphically.
Etymology
Derived from 受 (OC *djuʔ, “to accept”).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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授
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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shòu
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ dzyuwH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*uʔ-s/
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| English
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give; hand over
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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授
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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11676
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Phonetic
component
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受
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Rime
group
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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授
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Old
Chinese
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/*djus/
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Definitions
授
- to give to; to transmit
我欲中國而授孟子室。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
我欲中国而授孟子室。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Wǒ yù zhōngguó ér shòu Mèngzǐ shì.
- I wish to give Mencius a house, somewhere in the middle of the kingdom.
- to confer; to award
- to teach; to instruct
Synonyms
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
授
(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
- impart
Readings
Korean
Hanja
授 (eumhun 줄 수 (jul su))
- hanja form? of 수 (“give”)
Vietnamese
Han character
授: Hán Nôm readings: thụ, thọ, thò
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