受

See also: 爱, 愛, and 爰

受	U+53D7, 受 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53D7

← 取
[U+53D6]

CJK Unified Ideographs

变 →
[U+53D8]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

受 (Kangxi radical 29, 又+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 月月水 (BBE), four-corner 2040₇, composition ⿳爫冖又)

Derived characters

㖟, 㥅, 授, 涭, 𠺥, 綬(绶), 𦈽, 䛵, 𠹾, 辤, 閿(阌)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 166, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3159
Dae Jaweon: page 377, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 396, character 2
Unihan data for U+53D7

Chinese

simp. and trad.		受
alternative forms		𠭧𡬳

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 受
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

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

Possibly a ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 爪 (“hand”) + 凡 (“plate”) + 又 (“hand”) – to hand over.

凡 in the middle was corrupted into 舟 (OC *tjɯw), which acted as a phonetic component. Alternatively, the character may have always been a phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tuːs, *djuʔ) : semantic 爪 (“hand”) + phonetic 舟 (OC *tjɯw, “boat”) + semantic 又 (“hand”). The 凡 or 舟 has been simplified to 冖 since the seal script.

Etymology 1

“bottom; uke”: Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 受(う)け (uke).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shòu (shou⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sou⁴

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): sōu

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): sōu
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sau⁶

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): saau³
Gan (Wiktionary): xiu⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): su

(Hailu, HRS): shiu^˖

(Meixian, Guangdong): su⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): sou³
Northern Min (KCR): siū
Eastern Min (BUC): sêu
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): siu⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siǔ / siū

(Teochew, Peng'im): siu⁶

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): xiu⁶
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): sau⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zeu
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): shou⁵

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/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: sou⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sou
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /səu²¹³/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: sōu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɤu⁵⁵/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: sōu
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): sou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /səɯ⁴⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sau⁶
  - Yale: sauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯²²/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: saau³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sau³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: xiu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiu¹¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: su
  - Hakka Romanization System: su
  - Hagfa Pinyim: su⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /su⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: shiu^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /ʃiu³³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: su⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /su⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: sou³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /səu⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siū
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sêu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɛu²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: siu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiu²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siǔ
  - Tâi-lô: siǔ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siu²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū
  - Tâi-lô: siū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siu
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siu²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siu³³/
  - IPA (Jinjiang): /siu⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siu⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siŭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu³⁵/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: xiu⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /siu³³/
Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: sau⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /səu²²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zeu
  - MiniDict: zeu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zeu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɤ²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: shou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʂəu̯²¹/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /səu̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: dzyuwX

Rime
Character	受
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	殖酉切
Baxter	dzyuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑuw^X/
Li Rong	/ʑiu^X/
Wang Li	/ʑĭəu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]uʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*djuʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	受
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shòu
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyuw^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]uʔ/
English	receive
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	受
Reading #	2/2
No.	11674
Phonetic component	受
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	受
Old Chinese	/*djuʔ/

Definitions

受

to receive; to accept
受訪／受访 ― shòufǎng ― to participate in a survey

收受 ― shōushòu ― to receive
to suffer; to be met with
受驚嚇／受惊吓 ― shòu jīngxià ― to be frightened

受人煽動／受人煽动 ― shòu rén shāndòng ― to be incited by others
to bear; to stand
受不了 ― shòubùle ― to be unable to endure
(colloquial) to suit; to fit; to agree with
(slang) bottom; uke
Antonym: 攻 (gōng, “seme”)
(Hinduism, Buddhism) samjna

Synonyms

(to suffer):

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受到 (shòudào)
挨 (ái)
遭到 (zāodào)

(to receive):

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受容 (shòuróng) (literary)
吸收 (xīshōu)
吸納 / 吸纳 (xīnà)
容受 (róngshòu)
容納 / 容纳 (róngnà)
承受 (chéngshòu)
承領 / 承领 (Hakka)
接受 (jiēshòu)
接納 / 接纳 (jiēnà)
收受 (shōushòu)
銜 / 衔 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
領受 / 领受 (lǐngshòu)

(to bear):

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克服 (kèfú)
包容 (bāoróng)
含 (literary, or in compounds)
容忍 (róngrěn)
忍 (rěn)
忍受 (rěnshòu)
忍耐 (rěnnài)
打限 (Malaysia, Singapore)
消受 (xiāoshòu)
耐

(to suit):

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切合 (qièhé)
合乎 (héhū)
合於 / 合于 (héyú)
吻合 (wěnhé)
契合 (qìhé)
扣 (kòu)
相合 (xiānghé)
相投 (xiāngtóu)
相符 (xiāngfú)
符合
適合 / 适合 (shìhé)
順 / 顺 (shùn)

Compounds

不受
不受抬舉 / 不受抬举
不受理
不受用
不受籠絡 / 不受笼络
不受聽 / 不受听
不好受
乾生受 / 干生受
享受 (xiǎngshòu)
人工受孕 (réngōng shòuyùn)
人工受精 (réngōng shòujīng)
代人受過 / 代人受过
低頭受縛 / 低头受缚
倍受矚目 / 倍受瞩目
備受好評 / 备受好评
備受威脅 / 备受威胁
備受矚目 / 备受瞩目
備受禮遇 / 备受礼遇
兒童受虐 / 儿童受虐
全受全歸 / 全受全归
八方受敵 / 八方受敌 (bāfāngshòudí)
八面受敵 / 八面受敌 (bāmiànshòudí)
力辭不受 / 力辞不受
受不了 (shòubùliǎo)
受不住
受不得
受不起
受之有愧
受事 (shòushì)
受人之託 / 受人之托
受人矚目 / 受人瞩目
受代
受俘
受傷 / 受伤 (shòushāng)
受僱 / 受雇 (shòugù)
受僱人 / 受雇人
受冤
受冷
受冷落
受凍 / 受冻 (shòudòng)
受刑 (shòuxíng)
受刑人
受到 (shòudào)
受制 (shòuzhì)
受創 / 受创
受命 (shòumìng)
受命推事
受器
受困 (shòukùn)
受委屈
受孕 (shòuyùn)
受害 (shòuhài)
受害者 (shòuhàizhě)
受寒 (shòuhán)
受審 / 受审 (shòushěn)
受寵 / 受宠 (shòuchǒng)
受寵若驚 / 受宠若惊 (shòuchǒngruòjīng)
受封
受屈 (shòuqū)
受得了 (shòudeliǎo)
受性
受怕擔憂 / 受怕担忧
受惠 (shòuhuì)
受悶氣 / 受闷气
受憋
受戒 (shòujiè)
受挫 (shòucuò)
受損 / 受损 (shòusǔn)
受播者
受教 (shòujiào)
受敵 / 受敌 (shòudí)
受文者
受方
受旱
受暑 (shòushǔ)
受業 / 受业 (shòuyè)
受權 / 受权 (shòuquán)
受款人
受氣 / 受气 (shòuqì)
受氣包 / 受气包 (shòuqìbāo)
受氣包兒 / 受气包儿
受洗 (shòuxǐ)
受涼 / 受凉 (shòuliáng)
受潮 (shòucháo)
受災 / 受灾 (shòuzāi)
受熱 / 受热 (shòurè)
受爵
受獎 / 受奖 (shòujiǎng)
受理 (shòulǐ)
受生 (shòushēng)
受用
受田
受病
受癟 / 受瘪
受益 (shòuyì)
受益人 (shòuyìrén)
受益憑證 / 受益凭证
受益無窮 / 受益无穷
受益費 / 受益费
受盤 / 受盘
受看
受知
受禪 / 受禅 (shòushàn)
受禮 / 受礼
受窘 (shòujiǒng)
受窮 / 受穷
受粉
受精 (shòujīng)
受精卵 (shòujīngluǎn)
受累
受終 / 受终
受縛 / 受缚
受罪 (shòuzuì)
受署
受罰 / 受罚 (shòufá)
受聘
受聽 / 受听
受胎 (shòutāi)
受苦 (shòukǔ)
受茶
受虐 (shòunüè)
受託 / 受托 (shòutuō)
受訓 / 受训 (shòuxùn)
受訪 / 受访 (shòufǎng)
受誅 / 受诛 (shòuzhū)
受話器 / 受话器 (shòuhuàqì)
受賂 / 受赂
受賄 / 受贿 (shòuhuì)
受賕枉法 / 受赇枉法
受賞 / 受赏 (shòushǎng)
受辱 (shòurǔ)
受過 / 受过 (shòuguò)
受邀 (shòuyāo)
受鉗鎚 / 受钳锤
受閱 / 受阅 (shòuyuè)
受阻 (shòuzǔ)
受限 (shòuxiàn)
受降 (shòuxiáng)
受降城
受難 / 受难 (shòunàn)
受難曲 / 受难曲 (shòunànqǔ)
受難節 / 受难节 (Shòunànjié)
受領 / 受领 (shòulǐng)
受風 / 受风
受騙 / 受骗 (shòupiàn)
受驚 / 受惊 (shòujīng)
吃受
四面受敵 / 四面受敌 (sìmiànshòudí)
夠受 / 够受
大受
大為受用 / 大为受用
大請大受 / 大请大受
好受 (hǎoshòu)
容受 (róngshòu)
小受大走
幽囚受辱
廣受好評 / 广受好评
引頸受戮 / 引颈受戮
引頸受死 / 引颈受死
忍受 (rěnshòu)
忍饑受渴 / 忍饥受渴
忍饑受餓 / 忍饥受饿
急脈緩受 / 急脉缓受
感受 (gǎnshòu)
感同身受 (gǎntóngshēnshòu)
應圖受籙 / 应图受箓
應天受命 / 应天受命 (yìngtiānshòumìng)
應籙受圖 / 应箓受图
折受
承受 (chéngshòu)
拜受 (bàishòu)
持齋受戒 / 持斋受戒
挨打受罵 / 挨打受骂
挨餓受凍 / 挨饿受冻
接受 (jiēshòu)
授受 (shòushòu)
摩頂受戒 / 摩顶受戒
摩頂受記 / 摩顶受记
擎受
擔孤受寡 / 担孤受寡
擔飢受凍 / 担饥受冻
擔驚受怕 / 担惊受怕 (dānjīngshòupà)
擔驚受恐 / 担惊受恐 (dānjīngshòukǒng)
收受 (shōushòu)
末學膚受 / 末学肤受
概括承受
沒福消受 / 没福消受
活受罪 (huóshòuzuì)
消受 (xiāoshòu)
無功不受祿 / 无功不受禄 (wúgōngbùshòulù)
無功受祿 / 无功受禄 (wúgōngshòulù)
無功受祿 / 无功受禄 (wúgōngshòulù)
無福消受 / 无福消受
熬枯受淡
甘受 (gānshòu)
生受
白受
禁受
私相授受 (sīxiāngshòushòu)
稟受 / 禀受 (bǐngshòu)
耽驚受怕 / 耽惊受怕
聽受 / 听受
腹背受敵 / 腹背受敌 (fùbèishòudí)
膚受 / 肤受
膺受
臨危受命 / 临危受命 (línwēishòumìng)
自作自受 (zìzuòzìshòu)
自找罪受
自花受精
蒙受 (méngshòu)
虛己受人 / 虚己受人
表裡受敵 / 表里受敌
見危受命 / 见危受命
計功受爵 / 计功受爵
計功受賞 / 计功受赏
請功受賞 / 请功受赏
請受 / 请受
謙受益 / 谦受益
身受 (shēnshòu)
辭多受少 / 辞多受少
逆來順受 / 逆来顺受 (nìláishùnshòu)
遭受 (zāoshòu)
難以忍受 / 难以忍受
難以消受 / 难以消受
難受 / 难受 (nánshòu)
領受 / 领受 (lǐngshòu)
飽受 / 饱受 (bǎoshòu)
首尾受敵 / 首尾受敌
體內受精 / 体内受精
體外受精 / 体外受精 (tǐwài shòujīng)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 受 – see 授 (“to give to; to transmit; to confer; to award; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 授).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dào (Dao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dào
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dào
  - Wade–Giles: Tao⁴
  - Yale: Dàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Daw
  - Palladius: Дао (Dao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tuːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	受
Reading #	1/2
No.	11673
Phonetic component	受
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	到
Old Chinese	/*tuːs/
Notes	姓，下原誤作丈，依集韻校改

Definitions

受

a surname: Dao

Japanese

Kanji

受

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

accept

Readings

Go-on: ず (zu)
Kan-on: しゅう (shū)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
Kan’yō-on: じゅ (ju, Jōyō)^{←じゆ (zyu, historical)}
Kun: うかる (ukaru, 受かる, Jōyō)、うける (ukeru, 受ける, Jōyō)、うけ (uke, 受け)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

受 (eumhun 받을 수 (badeul su))

hanja form^? of 수 (“accept”)

Vietnamese

Han character

受: Hán Nôm readings: thụ, thọ

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