Kanji 受: "accept, undergo, answer (phone)"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 受

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 受うけるto receive; to get · to catch (e.g. a ball)
• 受うけ取とるto receive; to get; to accept · to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
• 受うけ入いれるto accept; to receive; to agree
• 受うけ止とめるto catch; to stop the blow · to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept; to come to grips with
• 引ひき受うけるto take on; to undertake; to accept; to take charge of · to take over; to inherit
• 受うけ継つぐto inherit; to succeed; to take over
• 受うけ付つけreception (desk); information desk; receptionist; information clerk · receipt; acceptance
• 受じゅ験けんtaking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
• 待まち受うけるto await; to wait for; to expect
• 見み受うけるto catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
• 受うけ付つけるto accept; to receive (an application); to take up · to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to tolerate; to endure
• 受うけ流ながすto ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade

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