TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
受
ㄕㄡˋ · shòu
verb — to receive; to be subjected to; to bear
字源 FORM — what the parts do
爫義a hand reaching down from above
冖空worn remainder of the tray passed between the handsthe old graph drew it as a boat-shaped tray (舟)
Two hands — one above (爫), one below (又) — and the thing passed between them, worn down to a single cover stroke (冖). The graph wrote both give and take; the receiving hand kept it, and the giving hand grew a new character, 授. What lands in your hands is 受到、接受; what you can hold up under is 受得了.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
上面的手（爫）一鬆，下面的手（又）接住——東西換了主人。
The hand above (爫) lets go; the hand below (又) catches — and the thing has changed owners.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)接受— to receive常用
→受到、受傷— to be subjected to — what lands on you
→受不了、忍受— to bear, endure
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
演 · Evolution
甲骨文是兩隻手遞一個舟形的盤；幾百年傳抄，把盤磨成一條冖。
Oracle forms show two hands passing a boat-shaped tray; centuries of copying wore the tray to the bare cover stroke 冖.