shòu

(bound form) to confer; to give

(bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint

hand (扌) + sound shòu (受) = to confer or hand something over

The hand radical anchors the physical act of extending something outward — conferring, handing over, or instructing. 受 primarily lends the sound shòu and does not need a semantic story here.

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HandSemantic

老师课的方式很生动,大家都听得很认真。

lǎo shī shòu kè de fāng shì hěn shēng dòng,dà jiā dōu tīng de hěn rèn zhēn。

The teacher's way of teaching class is very vivid, and everyone listens very attentively.

学校正式予他博士学位。

xué xiào zhèng shì shòu yǔ tā bó shì xué wèi。

The school formally conferred a doctoral degree upon him.

Words with 授

临危授命

lín wēi shòu mìng

to sacrifice one's life in a crisis

人工授精

rén gōng shòu jīng

artificial insemination

传授

chuán shòu

to impart; to pass on; to teach

函授

hán shòu

to teach by correspondence

函授大学

hán shòu dà xué

correspondence university

函授课程

hán shòu kè chéng

correspondence course

副教授

fù jiào shòu

associate professor (university post)

客座教授

kè zuò jiào shòu

visiting professor; guest professor

指导教授

zhǐ dǎo jiào shòu

adviser

指授

zhǐ shòu

to instruct

授之以鱼不如授之以渔

shòu zhī yǐ yú bù rú shòu zhī yǐ yú

give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime (idiom)

授乳

shòu rǔ

lactation

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