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to receive, accept 受
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| 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.
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爱
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| to love, affection, to be fond of, to like
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From top: a hand reaching down 爫, a cover 冖, friend 友 (They shake hands  /又 because they are friends.)
(A mother covers her child [with a blanket] as she loves:) The hand that covers you from above is from the friend who loves you.
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授
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to instruct, teach, award, to give
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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.
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受
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to receive, to accept, to suffer (passive marker)
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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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| Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning. |  |
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List of the characters |
List of the radicals
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