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手hand

hand. 4 strokes. 105 characters in HSK 3.0 Levels 2 to 6 are written with it.

How to write 手

The shapes it is written in

扌 in 99 characters, 手 in 6 characters. They are one radical: a part changes shape to fit where it sits in the character, and the dictionary gives every shape the same meaning.

What it tells you about a character

Of the 105 characters below, 74 are pictophonetic with 手 as the half that carries the meaning — the other half carries the sound. That is the use of knowing a radical: it narrows what a new character is about before you know how to say it.

The 105 characters

Print a 米字格 practice sheet for the 手 family

HSK 2 · 15

HSK 3 · 13

HSK 4 · 23

HSK 5 · 32

HSK 6 · 22

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