hand
shǒu (shou3)
Radical no. 64 · 4 strokes (第 64 部首 · 4 画 dì 64 bùshǒu · 4 huà)
Radical ⼿ (shǒu) — meaning: hand, 4 strokes.
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.
Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)
408 characters- 挔lǚ
erroneous variant of 旅[lu : 3]
9 strokes
- 挜yà
attach
9 strokes
- 挝wō
used 老撾|老挝[Lao3 wo1]
9 strokes
- 挞tà
(bound form) to whip; to flog
9 strokes
- 挟xié
(bound form) to clasp under the arm
9 strokes
- 挢jiǎo
to raise
9 strokes
- 挦xián
to pull out (esp. hair or feathers)
9 strokes
- 捓yé
old variant of 揶[ye2]
9 strokes
- 𢬍yè
to press down
9 strokes
- 拿ná
to hold
HSK 110 strokes
- 换huàn
to exchange
HSK 210 strokes
- 捉zhuō
to clutch
HSK 610 strokes
- 捡jiǎn
to pick up; to collect; to gather
HSK 610 strokes
- 捅tǒng
to poke; to jab
HSK 710 strokes
- 挨āi
in order; in sequence
HSK 610 strokes
- 拳quán
fist
HSK 710 strokes
- 捏niē
variant of 捏[nie1]
HSK 710 strokes
- 捐juān
to relinquish; to abandon
HSK 610 strokes
- 捞lāo
to fish up
HSK 710 strokes
- 捣dǎo
to pound
10 strokes
- 捎shāo
to bring sth to sb
HSK 710 strokes
- 捆kǔn
a bunch
HSK 710 strokes
- 捕bǔ
to catch; to seize; to capture
HSK 610 strokes
- 振zhèn
to shake
10 strokes
- 捂wǔ
to enclose
HSK 710 strokes
- 挽wǎn
variant of 挽[wan3]
HSK 710 strokes
- 挼ruá
(dialect) (of paper or cloth) wrinkled; crumpled
10 strokes
- 损sǔn
(bound form) to decrease; to diminish
HSK 710 strokes
- 挫cuò
obstructed
10 strokes
- 捌bā
eight (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
10 strokes
- 挈qiè
to raise
10 strokes
- 挐ná
to apprehend
10 strokes
- 挚zhì
sincere
10 strokes
- 挛luán
(bound form) (of muscles) to cramp; to spasm
10 strokes
- 挶jú
structure for carrying dirt
10 strokes
- 挹yì
(literary) to scoop up; to ladle out
10 strokes
- 捃jùn
gather
10 strokes
- 捋lǚ
to smooth or arrange sth using one's fingers
10 strokes
- 捍hàn
variant of 捍[han4]
10 strokes
- 捗bù
to make progress
10 strokes
- 捘zùn
push
10 strokes
- 捙yè
erroneous variant of 拽[ye4]
10 strokes
- 掉diào
to fall
HSK 211 strokes
- 接jiē
to receive
HSK 211 strokes
- 推tuī
to push
HSK 211 strokes
- 卷juǎn
to roll up
HSK 411 strokes
- 据jù
variant of 據|据[ju4]
HSK 611 strokes
- 排pái
to arrange in order; to line up
HSK 211 strokes
Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)
Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.