Read Edit View history 受 shòu HSK2 receive Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a boat (舟) being passed from one hand (爫) to another hand (又). 舟 also served as phonetic, but it was later abbreviated. Pinyin Separate values with commas shòu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 爫 is a component form of 爪. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 受 Simp strokes 受 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 受 Simp strokes 受 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 受 Simp strokes 受 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 受 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 651, 796 ], [ 634, 804 ], [ 585, 810 ], [ 493, 757 ], [ 400, 719 ], [ 341, 702 ] ], [ [ 311, 649 ], [ 367, 594 ], [ 378, 578 ], [ 385, 550 ] ], [ [ 465, 682 ], [ 510, 634 ], [ 524, 608 ] ], [ [ 698, 728 ], [ 717, 708 ], [ 723, 690 ], [ 679, 646 ], [ 595, 578 ] ], [ [ 204, 502 ], [ 217, 467 ], [ 176, 356 ], [ 174, 307 ] ], [ [ 247, 465 ], [ 262, 456 ], [ 310, 458 ], [ 532, 504 ], [ 750, 533 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