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受 — to receive; to accept; to suffer

to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear

Pinyin
shòu
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

How to write 受: 8 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

受 — 8 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 受 in the HSK syllabus: 26

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 受shòuto receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected toHSK 3
  2. 受到shòudàoto receive; to be ...edHSK 3
  3. 感受gǎnshòuto sense; perception; to feel; to experienceHSK 4
  4. 接受jiēshòuto accept; to acquiesceHSK 4
  5. 难受nánshòuto feel unwell; to suffer painHSK 4
  6. 受不了shòubuliǎounbearable; unable to endure; can't standHSK 4
  7. 受伤shòushāngto sustain injuries; wounded; harmedHSK 4
  8. 承受chéngshòuto bear; to support; to inheritHSK 5
  9. 享受xiǎngshòuto enjoy; to live it up; pleasureHSK 5
  10. 忍受rěnshòuto bear; to endureHSK 6
  11. 受灾shòuzāidisaster-stricken; to be hit by a natural calamityHSK 6
  12. 遭受zāoshòuto suffer; to sustainHSK 6
  13. 好受hǎoshòufeeling better; to be more at easeHSK 7–9
  14. 经受jīngshòuto undergo; to endure; to withstandHSK 7–9
  15. 受宠若惊shòuchǒng-ruòjīngoverwhelmed by favor from superiorHSK 7–9
  16. 受挫shòucuòthwarted; obstructed; setbackHSK 7–9
  17. 受害shòuhàito suffer damage, injury etc; damaged; injuredHSK 7–9
  18. 受害人shòuhàirénvictimHSK 7–9
  19. 受贿shòuhuìto accept a bribeHSK 7–9
  20. 受惊shòujīngstartledHSK 7–9
  21. 受苦shòukǔto suffer hardshipHSK 7–9
  22. 受理shòulǐto accept to hear a case; to handleHSK 7–9
  23. 受骗shòupiànto be cheated; to be taken in; to be hoodwinkedHSK 7–9
  24. 受益shòuyìto benefit from; profitHSK 7–9
  25. 受益匪浅shòuyì-fěiqiǎnto benefitHSK 7–9
  26. 受罪shòuzuìto endure; to suffer; hardships; tormentsHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.