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授

shòu

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

shòu · sau6 (Jyutping)

  1. (bound form) to confer; to give
  2. (bound form) to teach; to instruct
  3. (literary) to appoint

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

授

Meaning
give to, transmit; confer
Radical
扌
Strokes
11
Components
⿰扌受
Cangjie
QBBE
Four-corner
5204.7

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