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The character "受" is structurally composed of the components "爫" (a claw or hand) over "冖" (which can represent covering or an intermediate element) and "又" (another hand) below, depicting a scene of one hand passing something to another. This pictographic foundation gave the character its original meaning of a two-way transfer, encompassing both "to receive" and "to give". Over time, this dual function became specialized, and the character's meaning narrowed predominantly to "to receive" or "to undergo". To clarify the act of giving, a new character "授" was later formed by adding the hand radical "扌" to "受", which then took on the specific meaning of "to confer" or "to instruct", thereby completing the semantic separation.
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我接受你的建议。
他受到老师的表扬。
她在比赛中受了伤。
这个产品受到消费者的欢迎。
他忍受了巨大的痛苦。
他们遭受了严重的损失。
这种材料能承受高温。
他的观点受到了学术界的一致认可。