授

音読おんよみ: ジュ

訓読くんよみ: さずける・さずかる

画数かくすう: 11 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 扌(てへん / hand)

Meaning

To grant, to give, to teach, to bestow, or to confer something.


  • 授業じゅぎょう — class, lesson
  • 授与じゅよ — conferment, awarding
  • さずける — to grant, to bestow
  • さずかる — to be granted, to receive (blessing)
  • 教授きょうじゅ — professor, teaching
  • 伝授でんじゅ — transmission of skills or knowledge

The left side 扌 (hand radical) suggests a physical action, and the right side 受 (receive) implies giving or receiving something. Together, it represents an action involving giving with the hand — thus leading to meanings like “grant,” “teach,” or “confer.”

先生せんせい知識ちしきさずけてくれた。
The teacher granted us knowledge.

月曜日げつようび授業じゅぎょうがあります。
I have class on Monday.

The on-yomi ジュ is common in words like 授業 and 授与. The kun-yomi さずける (to bestow) and さずかる (to be granted) are also used in daily conversation and literature.

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