授

授 U+6388, 授 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6388 ← 掇 [U+6387] CJK Unified Ideographs 掉 → [U+6389]

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

• 𥧿

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

simp. and trad.		授

Glyph origin

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

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

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shòu (shou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): su
• Eastern Min (BUC): sêu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siu⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zeu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shòu
    • Wade–Giles: shou⁴
    • Yale: shòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: show
    • Palladius: шоу (šou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau⁶
    • Yale: sauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: su
    • Hakka Romanization System: su
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /su⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sêu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɛu²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū
    • Tâi-lô: siū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zeu
    • MiniDict: zeu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zeu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɤ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyuwH

Rime
Character	授
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	承呪切
Baxter	dzyuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑuwH/
Li Rong	/ʑiuH/
Wang Li	/ʑĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]uʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*djus/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	授
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shòu
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]uʔ-s/
English	give; hand over
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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	授
Reading #	1/1
No.	11676
Phonetic component	受
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	授
Old Chinese	/*djus/

Definitions

授

1. 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. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

   Wǒ yù zhōngguó ér shòu Mèngzǐ shì. [Pinyin]

   I wish to give Mencius a house, somewhere in the middle of the kingdom.

2. to confer; to award
3. to teach; to instruct

Synonyms

• (to give to):

• 乞丐 (qǐgài) (archaic)
• 供應／供应 (gōngyìng)
• 供給／供给 (gōngjǐ)
• 提供
• 施
• 施以 (shīyǐ)
• 施加 (shījiā)
• 施與／施与 (shīyǔ) (literary)
• 給予／给予
• 賦予／赋予 (fùyǔ)
• 配給／配给 (pèijǐ)

 

• (to teach): 教 (jiāo)

Compounds

• 傾囊相授／倾囊相授
• 傳授／传授 (chuánshòu)
• 函授 (hánshòu)
• 函授學校／函授学校
• 副教授 (fùjiàoshòu)
• 口傳心授／口传心授 (kǒuchuánxīnshòu)
• 口授 (kǒushòu)
• 口授心傳／口授心传
• 君權神授／君权神授
• 天授
• 天授地設／天授地设
• 客座教授
• 指授 (zhǐshòu)
• 授予 (shòuyǔ)
• 授人以柄 (shòu rén yǐ bǐng)
• 授人口實／授人口实
• 授兵
• 授受 (shòushòu)
• 授命 (shòumìng)
• 授官廳／授官厅
• 授室
• 授徒
• 授意 (shòuyì)
• 授手援溺
• 授旗
• 授時／授时
• 授業／授业 (shòuyè)
• 授權／授权 (shòuquán)
• 授獎／授奖 (shòujiǎng)
• 授田
• 授粉
• 授職／授职
• 授職惟賢／授职惟贤
• 授與／授与 (shòuyǔ)
• 授藝／授艺
• 授衣
• 授記／授记 (shòujì)
• 授課／授课 (shòukè)
• 授銜／授衔
• 授首
• 改授
• 敕授
• 教授
• 教授學／教授学
• 敬授人時／敬授人时
• 晉授／晋授
• 正授
• 沿才授職／沿才授职
• 禮不親授／礼不亲授
• 私相授受 (sīxiāngshòushòu)
• 絳帳授徒／绛帐授徒
• 臨危授命／临危授命 (línwēishòumìng)
• 色授魂與／色授魂与
• 見危授命／见危授命
• 親授／亲授
• 誥授／诰授
• 講授／讲授 (jiǎngshòu)
• 除授 (chúshòu)
• 面授
• 面授機宜／面授机宜
• 頒授／颁授 (bānshòu)
• 黃石授書／黄石授书

 

Japanese

Kanji

授

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. impart

Readings

• Go-on: じゅ (ju, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū)
• Kun: さずける (sazukeru, 授ける, Jōyō); さずかる (sazukaru, 授かる, Jōyō)

Korean

Hanja

授 (eumhun 줄 수 (jul su))

1. Hanja form^? of 수 (“give”).

Vietnamese

Han character

授: Hán Nôm readings: thụ, thọ, thò

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