hand

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from an oracle-bone pictograph depicting the human hand with fingers spread open. In seal script, it retains the recognizable shape of a hand with wrist and fingers clearly shown.

Mnemonic: The hand radical's four strokes form the silhouette of a palm, with the horizontal line in the middle like a hand's crease.

• 才cái🔊

  ability; talent

  HSK 2

  3 strokes

• 扌shǒu🔊

  "hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

  3 strokes

• 手shǒu🔊

  hand

  HSK 1

  4 strokes

• 扎zhā🔊

  to prick

  HSK 6

  4 strokes

• 打dǎ🔊

  a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate")

  HSK 1

  5 strokes

• 扔rēng🔊

  to throw

  HSK 5

  5 strokes

• 扒bā🔊

  to peel

  HSK 7

  5 strokes

• 扑pū🔊

  to throw oneself at

  HSK 6

  5 strokes

• 扐lè🔊

  divination by straw

  5 strokes

• 払fǎn🔊

  to take

  5 strokes

• 托tuō🔊

  to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm

  HSK 6

  6 strokes

• 扣kòu🔊

  to fasten

  HSK 6

  6 strokes

• 扫sǎo🔊

  to sweep (with a brush or broom)

  HSK 4

  6 strokes

• 扛káng🔊

  to carry on one's shoulder

  HSK 7

  6 strokes

• 扬yáng🔊

  to raise

  HSK 7

  6 strokes

• 扗zài🔊

  old variant of 在[zai4]

  6 strokes

• 扠chā🔊

  to fork

  6 strokes

• 扡chǐ🔊

  drag along

  6 strokes

• 扢gǔ🔊

  clean

  6 strokes

• 扤wù🔊

  to shake

  6 strokes

• 扦qiān🔊

  short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc

  6 strokes

• 执zhí🔊

  to execute (a plan)

  6 strokes

• 扩kuò🔊

  to enlarge

  HSK 7

  6 strokes

• 扪mén🔊

  lay hands on

  6 strokes

• 扱xī🔊

  to collect

  6 strokes

• 把bǎ🔊

  to hold; to grasp

  HSK 3

  7 strokes

• 找zhǎo🔊

  to try to find

  HSK 1

  7 strokes

• 抓zhuā🔊

  to grab

  HSK 3

  7 strokes

• 抢qiǎng🔊

  to fight over

  HSK 5

  7 strokes

• 投tóu🔊

  to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc)

  HSK 4

  7 strokes

• 报bào🔊

  to report; to inform; to announce

  HSK 3

  7 strokes

• 扯chě🔊

  variant of 扯[che3]

  HSK 7

  7 strokes

• 扶fú🔊

  to support with the hand

  HSK 5

  7 strokes

• 抛pāo🔊

  to throw

  HSK 7

  7 strokes

• 扮bàn🔊

  to disguise oneself as

  HSK 7

  7 strokes

• 抄chāo🔊

  to make a copy

  HSK 4

  7 strokes

• 扭niǔ🔊

  to turn

  HSK 6

  7 strokes

• 抖dǒu🔊

  to tremble

  HSK 7

  7 strokes

• 折zhé🔊

  variant of 折[zhe2]

  HSK 4

  7 strokes

• 抗kàng🔊

  to resist

  7 strokes

• 拒jù🔊

  to resist

  7 strokes

• 批pī🔊

  to ascertain

  HSK 4

  7 strokes

• 护hù🔊

  to protect

  HSK 6

  7 strokes

• 扳bān🔊

  to pull

  HSK 7

  7 strokes

• 抠kōu🔊

  to dig; to pick; to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed)

  HSK 7

  7 strokes

• 抡lūn🔊

  to swing (one's arms, a heavy object)

  HSK 7

  7 strokes

• 技jì🔊

  skill

  7 strokes

• 拟nǐ🔊

  doubtful

  HSK 7

  7 strokes