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.

• 挠náo🔊

  to scratch

  HSK 7

  15 strokes

• 撸lū🔊

  (dialect) to grasp (sth long or cylindrical) and slide the hand up or down

  15 strokes

• 撩liāo🔊

  to lift up (sth hanging down)

  15 strokes

• 擒qín🔊

  to capture

  15 strokes

• 撅juē🔊

  to protrude

  15 strokes

• 撵niǎn🔊

  to expel

  15 strokes

• 撮cuō🔊

  to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips

  15 strokes

• 㩐dèn🔊

  variant of 扽[den4]

  15 strokes

• 挚zhì🔊

  sincere

  15 strokes

• 摰niè🔊

  to seize with the hand

  15 strokes

• 撆piē🔊

  variant of 撇[pie1]

  15 strokes

• 挦xián🔊

  to pull out (esp. hair or feathers)

  15 strokes

• 撙zǔn🔊

  to reduce or cut down on

  15 strokes

• 撚niǎn🔊

  to play tricks on or toy with

  15 strokes

• 㧑huī🔊

  to split

  15 strokes

• 挢jiǎo🔊

  to raise

  15 strokes

• 撢dǎn🔊

  to dust

  15 strokes

• 抚fǔ🔊

  to comfort

  15 strokes

• 撰zhuàn🔊

  variant of 撰[zhuan4]

  15 strokes

• 撷xié🔊

  to collect

  15 strokes

• 撺cuān🔊

  rush

  15 strokes

• 挞tà🔊

  (bound form) to whip; to flog

  15 strokes

• 擖gě🔊

  scrape

  15 strokes

• 操cāo🔊

  to grasp

  16 strokes

• 挡dǎng🔊

  to resist

  HSK 5

  16 strokes

• 捡jiǎn🔊

  to pick up; to collect; to gather

  HSK 6

  16 strokes

• 拥yōng🔊

  to hold in one's arms; to embrace

  16 strokes

• 担dān🔊

  to undertake

  HSK 7

  16 strokes

• 擂léi🔊

  to pound (with a mortar and pestle); to hit (a person); to beat (a drum); to bang on (a door)

  16 strokes

• 擅shàn🔊

  without authority

  16 strokes

• 撼hàn🔊

  to shake

  16 strokes

• 撽qiào🔊

  to beat with a stick

  16 strokes

• 擀gǎn🔊

  to roll (dough etc)

  16 strokes

• 择zé🔊

  to select

  16 strokes

• 擉chuò🔊

  to pierce

  16 strokes

• 擎qíng🔊

  to raise; to hold up; to lift up

  16 strokes

• 擐huàn🔊

  pass through

  16 strokes

• 㧟kuǎi🔊

  (dialect) to scratch (an itch)

  16 strokes

• 擗pǐ🔊

  (literary) to beat the breast

  16 strokes

• 擞sǒu🔊

  used in 抖擻|抖擞[dou3 sou3]

  16 strokes

• 擭huò🔊

  trap

  16 strokes

• 擦cā🔊

  to rub; to scratch

  HSK 4

  17 strokes

• 挤jǐ🔊

  to crowd in

  HSK 5

  17 strokes

• 拧níng🔊

  to pinch

  HSK 7

  17 strokes

• 击jī🔊

  to hit

  17 strokes

• 擤xǐng🔊

  to blow one's nose

  17 strokes

• 拟nǐ🔊

  doubtful

  HSK 7

  17 strokes

• 擘bò🔊

  thumb

  17 strokes