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手hand

hand. 4 strokes. 105 characters in HSK 3.0 Levels 1 to 6 are written with it.

Meaning handStrokes 4Characters 105Also written 扌

How to write 手

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Stroke order chart for the 手 radical — 4 strokes

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 1 · 4

找zhǎo拿ná手shǒu打dǎ

HSK 2 · 11

报bào才cái掉diào护hù换huàn接jiē拉lā排pái提tí挺tǐng推tuī

HSK 3 · 13

搬bān持chí按àn把bǎ握wò指zhǐ技jì播bō挂guà据jù拍pāi批pī抓zhuā

HSK 4 · 23

抱bào摆bǎi括kuò操cāo扬yáng擦cā承chéng担dān抄chāo抽chōu扫sǎo折zhé措cuò摇yáo挥huī授shòu扩kuò描miáo摸mō投tóu挑tiāo择zé招zhāo

HSK 5 · 32

摩mó拔bá拜bài扮bàn插chā拆chāi扰rǎo挡dǎng扶fú搞gǎo掌zhǎng挤jǐ拒jù控kòng托tuō摄shè披pī拼pīn抢qiǎng扔rēng拾shí摔shuāi搜sōu损sǔn抬tái押yā拥yōng摘zhāi振zhèn挣zhèng执zhí撞zhuàng

HSK 6 · 22

挨ái拨bō捕bǔ撤chè撑chēng搭dā抵dǐ抗kàng拐guǎi捡jiǎn揭jiē援yuán捐juān扣kòu扭niǔ扑pū探tàn掏tāo拖tuō挖wā扎zhā捉zhuō

Words they appear in

报(bào)纸(zhǐ)newspaper
每天印刷、报导新闻的纸张
报(bào)名(míng)to sign up, to register
把自己的名字交给主办方,表示要参加
才(cái)only then
表示某件事经过努力后终于发生
成(chéng)才(cái)to grow into a capable person
经过努力学习,成为对社会有用的人才
打(dǎ)工(gōng)to work a temporary job
利用假期或课余时间做临时的工作赚钱
打(dǎ)算(suàn)to plan, to intend
心里想好要怎么做
打(dǎ)印(yìn)to print
用机器把文件印在纸上
掉(diào)to fall, to drop
从高处落下、脱离原来的位置
刚(gāng)才(cái)just now, a short while ago
指说话前不久的那一小段时间
护(hù)照(zhào)passport
出国时用来证明身份的证件
换(huàn)to exchange, change (clothes, etc.)
把原来的东西变成另一件
接(jiē)to meet, receive (a person)
到某个地方去迎候别人
接(jiē)到(dào)to receive (mail, a call, etc.)
收到别人送来的东西
接(jiē)受(shòu)to accept, take on
愿意收下别人给的东西或意见