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Kanji Detail for 授 - "to grant, to confer, to teach"

授

  • Meaning

    授 means "to grant, to confer, to teach."

    1. Grant - To give officially; to bestow.

    2. Confer - To award; to present.

    3. Teach - To instruct; to impart knowledge.

    4. Receive - To be given; to accept.

  • Words using 授

    • 教授 きょうじゅ Listen professor; teaching; instruction
    • 授業 じゅぎょう Listen lesson; class; teaching
    • 助教授 じょきょうじゅ Listen assistant professor; associate professor
    • 授業料 じゅぎょうりょう Listen tuition fee; course fee
    • 授与 じゅよ Listen awarding; conferment; granting
    • 授ける さずける Listen to grant; to give; to confer
    • 授業中 じゅぎょうちゅう Listen while in class
    • 授業参観 じゅぎょうさんかん Listen parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)

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    • Verified meaning: to grant, to confer, to teach
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さずか)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 授

    Given names 授(さずか)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    impart; instruct; grant; confer

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    give to, transmit; confer

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

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

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to award, to confer, to instruct, to teach

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

    To give. Handing over with hands. Such as 授受. Also 授職, 授位, same meaning. | To teach. Such as 傳授, 授課.

  • Onyomi

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    ju(ジュ) ジュ

  • Kunyomi

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    sazu.karu(さず-かる) さず-かる

    sazu.keru(さず-ける) さず-ける

  • Strokes

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    11 strokes

  • Radical

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    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    to grant to confer to teach bestow convey give receive instruct award assign delegate educate empower endow entrust furnish impart mentor present train tutor

Sentences including 授

  • She would often come late for school.

  • They are in class.

  • There were quite a few students absent from class today.

  • It being sunday , there was no school.

  • The student missed class three times in a row.

  • We'll be late for class.

  • The class meets once a week.

  • I don't have classes today.

  • I hurried out so as to be in time for class.

  • We have two classes in the afternoon.

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