授予

shoù yǔ · HSK 7

to award

🏅 授予 = 授 confer + 予 grant; two give-words stacked, so to award

Both 授 (hand over, confer) and 予 (give, grant) carry a giving sense, so the pair doubles down on the act of handing something over officially. Shòu also shows up in 教授 (professor) and 授课 (to teach), all about passing something to a recipient.

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