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

Grant / Teach / Confer / Bestow

  • 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
  • 教授きょうじゅ — professor / teaching
  • 伝授でんじゅ — transmission of knowledge

The radical 扌 (hand) suggests a physical action, while the component 受 (receive) conveys the idea of giving or receiving. Together, they form the meaning of conferring or teaching — an act of passing something from one person to another.

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.

業
Creates
授業じゅぎょう — class / lesson
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