授

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(bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 meaning “hand” + 受 sound ( shòu )

Components 扌受

confer · Heisig RSH #668

fingers + 受 accept

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
人工授精	rén gōng shòu jīng	artificial insemination
男女授受不亲	nán nǚ shòu shòu bù qīn	men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Menc…
自花授粉	zì huā shòu fěn	(botany) self-pollination
授人以鱼不如授人以渔	shòu rén yǐ yú bù rú shòu rén yǐ yú	give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a l…
授之以鱼不如授之以渔	shòu zhī yǐ yú bù rú shòu zhī yǐ yú	give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a l…
客座教授	kè zuò jiào shòu	visiting professor; guest professor
异花授粉	yì huā shòu fěn	(botany) cross-pollination
指导教授	zhǐ dǎo jiào shòu	adviser; advising professor
面授机宜	miàn shòu jī yí	(idiom) to brief sb in person on the line of action to pursue; to advise face-to-face on h…
函授大学	hán shòu dà xué	correspondence university
面授	miàn shòu	to teach face to face; to instruct in person
授权令	shòu quán lìng	warrant (law)
授时	shòu shí	to broadcast a time signal
临危授命	lín wēi shòu mìng	to sacrifice one's life in a crisis
授意	shòu yì	to inspire; to incite
授业	shòu yè	(literary) to teach
转授	zhuǎn shòu	to delegate
教授	jiāo shòu	to teach (a subject)
教授	jiào shòu	professor
授信	shòu xìn	to extend credit (finance); credit

Characters sharing the sound component 受 — compare how they read.

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