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.

• 搧shān🔊

  variant of 扇[shan1]

  13 strokes

• 搨tà🔊

  to make a rubbing

  13 strokes

• 搪táng🔊

  to keep out

  13 strokes

• 搲wā🔊

  to clutch

  13 strokes

• 搳huá🔊

  used in 搳拳[hua2 quan2]

  13 strokes

• 搷chēn🔊

  to beat

  13 strokes

• 摄shè🔊

  (bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate

  13 strokes

• 摅shū🔊

  set forth

  13 strokes

• 摈bìn🔊

  to reject

  13 strokes

• 摓féng🔊

  wide

  13 strokes

• 摛chī🔊

  to spread (fame)

  13 strokes

• 摔shuāi🔊

  to throw down

  HSK 5

  14 strokes

• 摘zhāi🔊

  to take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc)

  HSK 5

  14 strokes

• 折zhé🔊

  variant of 折[zhe2]

  HSK 4

  14 strokes

• 抠kōu🔊

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

  HSK 7

  14 strokes

• 摧cuī🔊

  to break

  14 strokes

• 撇piē🔊

  to cast away

  HSK 7

  14 strokes

• 撂liào🔊

  to put down

  14 strokes

• 搴qiān🔊

  to seize

  14 strokes

• 搿gé🔊

  to hug

  14 strokes

• 摎jiū🔊

  to strangle

  14 strokes

• 摏chōng🔊

  variant of 舂[chong1]

  14 strokes

• 摞luò🔊

  to pile up

  14 strokes

• 摠zǒng🔊

  general

  14 strokes

• 摦huà🔊

  wide

  14 strokes

• 摭zhí🔊

  pick up

  14 strokes

• 摮áo🔊

  (archaic) to hit; to strike; to smite

  14 strokes

• 摴shū🔊

  dice

  14 strokes

• 抟tuán🔊

  to roll up into a ball with one's hands (variant of 團|团[tuan2])

  14 strokes

• 摷jiǎo🔊

  to knock

  14 strokes

• 摹mó🔊

  (bound form) to imitate

  14 strokes

• 摽biào🔊

  to bind tightly

  14 strokes

• 摿yáo🔊

  erroneous variant of 搖|摇[yao2]

  14 strokes

• 撄yīng🔊

  oppose

  14 strokes

• 撖Hàn🔊

  surname Han

  14 strokes

• 撱tuǒ🔊

  clip

  14 strokes

• 挝wō🔊

  used 老撾|老挝[Lao3 wo1]

  14 strokes

• 撞zhuàng🔊

  to knock against

  HSK 5

  15 strokes

• 撒sā🔊

  to let go

  HSK 7

  15 strokes

• 撑chēng🔊

  to support

  HSK 6

  15 strokes

• 撤chè🔊

  to remove; to take away

  HSK 7

  15 strokes

• 拨bō🔊

  to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc

  HSK 7

  15 strokes

• 摩mó🔊

  to rub

  15 strokes

• 撕sī🔊

  to tear

  HSK 7

  15 strokes

• 捞lāo🔊

  to fish up

  HSK 7

  15 strokes

• 扑pū🔊

  to throw oneself at

  HSK 6

  15 strokes

• 播bō🔊

  (bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc)

  HSK 6

  15 strokes

• 撬qiào🔊

  to lift

  HSK 7

  15 strokes