⼿

hand

shǒu (shou3)

Radical no. 64 · 4 strokes (64 部首 · 4 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
  • erroneous variant of 旅[lu : 3]

    9 strokes

  • attach

    9 strokes

  • used 老撾|老挝[Lao3 wo1]

    9 strokes

  • (bound form) to whip; to flog

    9 strokes

  • xié

    (bound form) to clasp under the arm

    9 strokes

  • jiǎo

    to raise

    9 strokes

  • xián

    to pull out (esp. hair or feathers)

    9 strokes

  • old variant of 揶[ye2]

    9 strokes

  • 𢬍

    to press down

    9 strokes

  • to hold

    HSK 1

    10 strokes

  • huàn

    to exchange

    HSK 2

    10 strokes

  • zhuō

    to clutch

    HSK 6

    10 strokes

  • jiǎn

    to pick up; to collect; to gather

    HSK 6

    10 strokes

  • tǒng

    to poke; to jab

    HSK 7

    10 strokes

  • āi

    in order; in sequence

    HSK 6

    10 strokes

  • quán

    fist

    HSK 7

    10 strokes

  • niē

    variant of 捏[nie1]

    HSK 7

    10 strokes

  • juān

    to relinquish; to abandon

    HSK 6

    10 strokes

  • lāo

    to fish up

    HSK 7

    10 strokes

  • dǎo

    to pound

    10 strokes

  • shāo

    to bring sth to sb

    HSK 7

    10 strokes

  • kǔn

    a bunch

    HSK 7

    10 strokes

  • to catch; to seize; to capture

    HSK 6

    10 strokes

  • zhèn

    to shake

    10 strokes

  • to enclose

    HSK 7

    10 strokes

  • wǎn

    variant of 挽[wan3]

    HSK 7

    10 strokes

  • ruá

    (dialect) (of paper or cloth) wrinkled; crumpled

    10 strokes

  • sǔn

    (bound form) to decrease; to diminish

    HSK 7

    10 strokes

  • cuò

    obstructed

    10 strokes

  • eight (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

    10 strokes

  • qiè

    to raise

    10 strokes

  • to apprehend

    10 strokes

  • zhì

    sincere

    10 strokes

  • luán

    (bound form) (of muscles) to cramp; to spasm

    10 strokes

  • structure for carrying dirt

    10 strokes

  • (literary) to scoop up; to ladle out

    10 strokes

  • jùn

    gather

    10 strokes

  • to smooth or arrange sth using one's fingers

    10 strokes

  • hàn

    variant of 捍[han4]

    10 strokes

  • to make progress

    10 strokes

  • zùn

    push

    10 strokes

  • erroneous variant of 拽[ye4]

    10 strokes

  • diào

    to fall

    HSK 2

    11 strokes

  • jiē

    to receive

    HSK 2

    11 strokes

  • tuī

    to push

    HSK 2

    11 strokes

  • juǎn

    to roll up

    HSK 4

    11 strokes

  • variant of 據|据[ju4]

    HSK 6

    11 strokes

  • pái

    to arrange in order; to line up

    HSK 2

    11 strokes

Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)

Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.

⼿ hand — Radical 64 | KoiSpeak