The Chinese Radical: 受


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Meaning
to receive, accept    受

Explanation Note the similarity to "love ": In "receive", a hand reaches from above through a cover to another hand in order to receive something. With love, the friend is added.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
to love, affection, to be fond of, to like
ài
From top: hand reaching down , cover friend (They shake hands , because they are friends.)
When I reach down though a cover to a friend, then because of love. (Or: To receive a hand from sb., due to: love.)
JLPT HSK 4
to instruct, teach, award, to give
shòu
Left: hand , right: receive (A hand from above holds a cover , the other hand receives it.)
With the hand, to receive sth. This is an instruction.
JLPT HSK 4
to receive, to accept, to suffer (passive marker)
shòu
From top: a hand reaching down , cover , hand
One hand from above holds a cover, the other hand receives it.

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