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受

shòu

HSK 3.0 · 3

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

shòu · sau6 (Jyutping)

  1. to receive
  2. to accept
  3. to suffer
  4. subjected to
  5. to bear
  6. to stand
  7. pleasant
  8. (passive marker)
  9. (LGBT) bottom

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

受

Meaning
receive, accept, get; bear, stand
Radical
又
Strokes
8
Components
⿳爫冖又
Cangjie
BBE
Four-corner
2040.7

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