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.

• 抻chēn🔊

  to pull

  8 strokes

• 抿mǐn🔊

  to smooth hair with a wet brush

  8 strokes

• 拂fú🔊

  to flick

  8 strokes

• 拃zhǎ🔊

  span (unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand)

  8 strokes

• 拄zhǔ🔊

  to lean on

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 拇mǔ🔊

  thumb

  8 strokes

• 拈niān🔊

  to nip

  8 strokes

• 拊fǔ🔊

  pat

  8 strokes

• 拑qián🔊

  pliers

  8 strokes

• 拗ào🔊

  variant of 拗[ao4]

  8 strokes

• 拙zhuō🔊

  awkward

  8 strokes

• 拢lǒng🔊

  to gather together; to collect

  8 strokes

• 拤qiá🔊

  to grip with both hands

  8 strokes

• 择zé🔊

  to select

  8 strokes

• 挺tǐng🔊

  straight

  HSK 2

  9 strokes

• 按àn🔊

  to press

  HSK 3

  9 strokes

• 指zhǐ🔊

  finger

  HSK 3

  9 strokes

• 拜bài🔊

  to bow to; to pay one's respects

  9 strokes

• 挂guà🔊

  to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc)

  HSK 3

  9 strokes

• 挖wā🔊

  to dig

  HSK 6

  9 strokes

• 挑tiāo🔊

  to carry on a shoulder pole

  HSK 4

  9 strokes

• 挡dǎng🔊

  to resist

  HSK 5

  9 strokes

• 拼pīn🔊

  to piece together; to put together

  HSK 5

  9 strokes

• 挤jǐ🔊

  to crowd in

  HSK 5

  9 strokes

• 挣zhēng🔊

  used in 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2]

  HSK 5

  9 strokes

• 拽zhuài🔊

  to pull

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 挪nuó🔊

  to shift

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 持chí🔊

  to hold

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 拷kǎo🔊

  to beat

  9 strokes

• 挠náo🔊

  to scratch

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 拴shuān🔊

  to tie up

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 挥huī🔊

  to wave

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 拾shí🔊

  to pick up

  HSK 5

  9 strokes

• 拱gǒng🔊

  to cup one's hands in salute

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 㧯lǎo🔊

  round-bottomed wicker basket

  9 strokes

• 㧰lüè🔊

  (old) to beat

  9 strokes

• 拪qiān🔊

  old variant of 遷|迁[qian1]

  9 strokes

• 拫hén🔊

  to pull

  9 strokes

• 括kuò🔊

  (bound form) to tie up; to tighten up

  9 strokes

• 拭shì🔊

  to wipe

  9 strokes

• 拮jié🔊

  antagonistic

  9 strokes

• 拯zhěng🔊

  to raise

  9 strokes

• 拶zā🔊

  (literary) to force; to coerce

  9 strokes

• 挊nòng🔊

  old variant of 弄[nong4]

  9 strokes

• 挌gé🔊

  fight

  9 strokes

• 挍jiào🔊

  compare

  9 strokes

• 挎kuà🔊

  to carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 挓zhā🔊

  to open out

  9 strokes