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授
shòu
1. to teach
2. to instruct
3. to award
4. to give
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

授
shòu
to award, to confer, to instruct, to teach
HSK 4 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

传授
chuánshòu
to impart
HSK 6
函授
hánshòu
to teach by correspondence
指授
zhǐshòu
to instruct
授乳
shòurǔ
lactation
授予
shòuyǔ
to award
HSK 6
授任
shòurèn
appointment (to a job)
授信
shòuxìn
to extend credit (finance)
授勋
shòuxūn
to award an honor
授受
shòushòu
to give and accept
授命
shòumìng
to give orders
授意
shòuyì
to inspire
授时
shòushí
to broadcast a time signal
授业
shòuyè
to teach
授权
shòuquán
to authorize
授奖
shòujiǎng
to award a prize
授粉
shòufěn
pollination
授精
shòujīng
insemination
授与
shòuyǔ
grant
授计
shòujì
to confide a plan to sb
授课
shòukè
to teach

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
967
Word Frequency Rank
2,499 of 84,292

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