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授

impart, instruct, grant, confer

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · grade 5FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes11

Readings

On'yomi

  • ジュ

Kun'yomi

  • さず.ける
  • さず.かる

Meaning

授 centers on the act of giving something valuable from one person to another: imparting knowledge, granting a right, or conferring an honor.

Most common words using 授

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  • 教授きょうじゅ
    N3

    professor

  • 授業じゅぎょう
    N5

    lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork

  • 授けるさずける
    N1

    to grant; to give; to confer; to award

  • 授与じゅよ
    N1

    awarding; conferment; granting; presentation

  • 伝授でんじゅ

    (giving) instruction (esp. in the secrets of an art, discipline, etc.); initiation; teaching; passing on; imparting

  • 授かるさずかる
    N1

    to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to receive (e.g. a title)

  • 授乳じゅにゅう

    breastfeeding; nursing; suckling

  • 授賞じゅしょう

    awarding a prize; giving an award

  • 助教授じょきょうじゅ
    N2

    assistant professor; associate professor

  • 授受じゅじゅ

    giving and receiving; transferring; transfer; changing hands

  • 授乳期じゅにゅうき

    lactation period

  • 授産じゅさん

    sheltered work programs; sheltered work programmes; providing with work; giving employment

  • 授章じゅしょう

    bestowing a decoration; bestowing an order

  • 授権じゅけん

    authorization; authorisation

  • 授賞式じゅしょうしき

    award ceremony; prize-giving

  • 授業料じゅぎょうりょう
    N3

    tuition fee; course fee

  • 授業中じゅぎょうちゅう

    while in class

  • 授業参観じゅぎょうさんかん

    parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)

  • オンライン授業オンラインじゅぎょう

    online lesson

  • リモート授業リモートじゅぎょう

    remote lesson; remote class; online lesson

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Etymology

授 combines 扌 (hand) with 受 (receive), suggesting a hand giving something to another who receives it. The modern form preserves this clear component relationship.

Meaning mnemonic

A hand 扌 passes something to another hand 受: one person imparts, the other receives. Together they show the act of granting or conferring.

Reading mnemonic

For ジュ, imagine a teacher handing a jewel to a student: jewel -> ジュ, and the hand imparts the precious knowledge.