授業

Kanji breakdown

• 授 (shòu) · 11 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 受 represents the sound.

• 業 (yè) · 13 strokes

  Depicts a person (大) carrying a weapon (丵). Based on the original meaning "attack". The meaning later shifted to "expand territory" and "develop business".

Example sentences

1. 彼等は授業中だ。 — They are in class.
2. 授業に遅れるよ。 — We'll be late for class.
3. 授業をさぼろう。 — Let's skip class.
4. 授業が始まるぞ。 — Class is about to begin.
5. 彼は授業を休んだ。 — He absented himself from classes.

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