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Mythic Mandarin

受 (shòu): meaning and stroke order

受 (shòu) means to receive, to accept, to suffer, subjected to, to bear, to stand, pleasant.

受

Simplified
受
Traditional
受 (same form)
Pinyin
shòu

Stroke order of 受

受

  • shòu to receive; to accept
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 受

  1. shòu
    • to receive
    • to accept
    • to suffer
    • subjected to
    • to bear
    • to stand
    • pleasant
    • (passive marker)
    • (LGBT) bottom

Radical and structure

受
Radical 又 (Kangxi radical 29) · 8 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 受

受 in our stories

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  • 在今天的电影和动画里,哪吒常常被画成一个不服命运的叛逆少年,这也让他成为最受年轻人欢迎的神话人物之一。

    zài jīntiān de diànyǐng hé dònghuà lǐ Nézhā chángcháng bèi huà chéng yí gè bù fú mìngyùn de pànnì shàonián zhè yě ràng tā chéngwéi zuì shòu niánqīngrén huānyíng de shénhuà rénwù zhīyī

    In today's films and cartoons Nezha is often drawn as a rebellious teenager who refuses to accept his fate, which has made him one of the mythological figures young people love most.

    From the story Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8

  • 原来他的膝盖上个月就受了伤,医生劝他休息,可他早就答应了组委会,不想让跟着气球的人找不到方向。

    yuánlái tā de xīgài shàng gè yuè jiù shòu le shāng yīshēng quàn tā xiūxi kě tā zǎojiù dāying le zǔwěihuì bù xiǎng ràng gēn zhe qìqiú de rén zhǎo bú dào fāngxiàng

    It turned out he had hurt his knee the month before and the doctor had told him to rest, but he had long since promised the organisers and didn't want the runners following his balloon to lose their way.

    From the story The four-hour balloon HSK 7–9 · Level 9

  • 守仙草的仙童拦住她,两人打了起来。她拼命抢到了仙草,自己也受了重伤,却终于救活了许仙。

    shǒu xiāncǎo de xiāntóng lán zhù tā liǎng rén dǎ le qǐlai tā pīnmìng qiǎng dào le xiāncǎo zìjǐ yě shòu le zhòngshāng què zhōngyú jiù huó le Xǔ Xiān

    The immortal boys guarding the herb stopped her and they fought. She desperately seized the herb and was badly wounded herself, but at last she brought Xu Xian back to life.

    From the story The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 受

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).