授 – impart, instruct, grant

11 strokesTaught in grade 5#535 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 授 means impart, instruct, grant, confer. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジュ (ju); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さず.ける、さず.かる (sazukeru, sazukaru). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジュ	ju
Kun’yomi	さず.ける	sazukeru
Kun’yomi	さず.かる	sazukaru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 爪・又・冖・扎.

Words using 授

授業じゅぎょうlesson教授きょうじゅprofessor助教授じょきょうじゅassistant professor授けるさずけるto grant

Example sentences

それは授業の終わりだった。

That was the end of the class.

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一人の教授がささやいた。

One of his colleagues whispered.

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私は教授です、いやもっと正確に言えば、助教授です。

I'm a professor, or rather an associate professor, to be exact.

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Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接摘批捜

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