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Kanji Detail for 受 - "receive, accept, pass"

  • Meaning

    受 means "receive, accept, pass."

    1. Receive - To accept; to get.

    2. Undergo - To experience; to suffer.

    3. Pass - To succeed in an examination.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    accept; undergo; answer (phone); take; get; catch; receive

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    receive, accept, get; bear, stand

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker); (LGBT) bottom

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to receive, to get, to accept; to bear

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To take. One gives and the other takes is called 授受. Such as 授課受課 (teaching and receiving lessons). | To bear. Such as receiving orders is called 受命. Also 受福, 受害, same meaning, bearing what others bestow. | To contain. Such as a vessel's capacity is called 受若干升. Enjoying it is called 消受, 受用, like saying receiving blessings.
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