授
impart, instruct, grant, confer
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
20 of 74- 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
Study
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.