Kanji N3

受: accept, undergo, answer (phone)

受 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning accept, undergo, answer (phone), written with 8 strokes. It is read ジュ (on) and うける, うかる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 受け取る (うけとる, to receive) and 受ける (うける, to receive).

受

Meanings

  • accept
  • undergo
  • answer (phone)
  • take
  • get
  • catch
  • receive
Strokes8
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#136 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ジュ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • うける
  • -うけ
  • うかる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 受

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 受け取るうけとる

    to receive; to get; to accept

    JLPT N3
  • 受けるうける

    to receive; to get

    JLPT N4
  • 受付うけつけ

    reception (desk); information desk; receptionist

    JLPT N4
  • 受験じゅけん

    taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)

    JLPT N2
  • 受け入れうけいれ

    receiving; acceptance; reception; admission

    JLPT N1
  • 享受きょうじゅ

    enjoyment (of freedom, beauty, etc.)

    JLPT N1
  • 受話器じゅわき

    (telephone) receiver

    JLPT N2
  • 受け継ぐうけつぐ

    to inherit; to succeed; to take over

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.