The kanji 授: meaning, readings and stroke order

授

Meaning: give, teach
On reading: ジュ ju
Kun reading: さず（ける） sazukeru、さず（かる） sazukaru
Strokes: 11
Radical: 手 hand
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: trao, dạy (thụ)
Japanese: さずける。おしえる。
Korean: 주다, 가르치다 (수)
Chinese: 授予、教

Readings, words and example sentences

ジュ ju · on reading

授じゅ業ぎょう
class, lesson
一時間目の 授じゅ業ぎょうが始まります。
First period is about to start.

さず（ける） sazukeru · kun reading · less common

授さずける
to give, to award
校長先生が賞を 授さずけます。
The principal gives out the award.

さず（かる） sazukaru · kun reading · less common

授さずかる
to receive (something given), to be blessed with
神社でお守りを 授さずかりました。
I received a good-luck charm at the shrine.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.