授 shòu to award
to award; to confer; to teach
怎么记住“授”: 扌 hand + 受 to receive = to award. The mayor shakes the young firefighter's hand as she steps forward to receive the medal the whole town is proud to award.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
授 = 扌 hand + 受 to receive
- 扌 hand meaning
- 受 to receive meaning + sound
- 爫 claws
- 冖 cover
- 又 again
The mayor shakes the young firefighter's hand as she steps forward to receive the medal the whole town is proud to award.
How it came to be
The hand gives the meaning and receive, on the right, gives the sound.
用法
- To confer/impart from above: 授权 (shòuquán) authorize, 授予 (shòuyǔ) bestow (an award/degree), 传授 (chuánshòu) pass on (knowledge/skills).
- 教授 (jiàoshòu) = professor (noun) but also "to teach" as a verb: 教授课程 (jiàoshòu kèchéng).
- Pairs with 受 (shòu, to receive): one gives, the other takes.
含“授”的词语
例句
- 他是大学教授。 Tā shì dàxué jiàoshòu.He's a university professor.