受

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to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker); (LGBT) bottom

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Something 冖 passed from one hand 爫 to another 又

Components 爫冖又

accept · Heisig RSH #667

birdhouse + crotch

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
自作自受	zì zuò zì shòu	(idiom) to reap what one has sown; to stew in one's own juice
代人受过	dài rén shòu guò	to take the blame for sb else; to be made a scapegoat
体外受精	tǐ wài shòu jīng	in vitro fertilization
不好受	bù hǎo shòu	unpleasant; hard to take
受保人	shòu bǎo rén	the insured person; the person covered by an insurance policy
受性	shòu xìng	inborn (ability, defect)
小受	xiǎo shòu	(slang) bottom (in a homosexual relationship)
受气包	shòu qì bāo	(fig.) punching bag
受气	shòu qì	to be mistreated; to be bullied
可接受性	kě jiē shòu xìng	acceptability
受体	shòu tǐ	receptor (biochemistry); acceptor (semiconductors)
受主	shòu zhǔ	acceptor (semiconductor)
受事	shòu shì	object (of a transitive verb); to receive a task
花钱受气	huā qián shòu qì	(idiom) to have a bad experience as a customer; to encounter poor service
受理	shòu lǐ	to accept to hear a case; to handle (a service)
受难日	Shòu nàn rì	Good Friday
受病	shòu bìng	to fall ill
受托人	shòu tuō rén	(law) trustee
经受	jīng shòu	to undergo (hardship); to endure; to withstand
受难者	shòu nàn zhě	sufferer; a victim of a calamity; a person in distress

These characters use 受 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
受 sound part	shòu	to receive, to get, to accept; to bear
授	shòu	to award, to confer, to instruct, to teach
绶	shòu	a silk ribbon used as a seal