The Chinese Radical: 受


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Meaning
to receive, accept    受

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

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

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