Sunday, November 13, 2022

Amazing Chinese Characters (542) Grant - 授

 The big seal script of character Grant is

The left  is character Hand (Post 55), the right is character Receive (Post 537), which has two hands holding a boat with gift,  there is another hand on the left that receives the boat of the gift.

The small seal script of character Grant is

Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of character Grant is


The left is Radical Hand, the right is character Receive.

The Pinyin of character Grant is Shou4.

授 has some similar meanings:  award, give but 授 is normally used in formal situation, such as the diploma, medal, prize, etc. 

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