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.

• 揿qìn🔊

  variant of 撳|揿[qin4]

  12 strokes

• 搀chān🔊

  to take by the arm and assist

  HSK 7

  12 strokes

• 搰hú🔊

  to dig

  12 strokes

• 摒bìng🔊

  to discard

  12 strokes

• 搞gǎo🔊

  to do

  HSK 5

  13 strokes

• 搬bān🔊

  to move (i.e. relocate oneself)

  HSK 3

  13 strokes

• 摆bǎi🔊

  to arrange

  HSK 4

  13 strokes

• 摸mō🔊

  to feel with the hand

  HSK 4

  13 strokes

• 摇yáo🔊

  to shake

  HSK 4

  13 strokes

• 摁èn🔊

  to press (with one's finger or hand)

  13 strokes

• 摊tān🔊

  to spread out

  HSK 7

  13 strokes

• 搏bó🔊

  to fight

  13 strokes

• 搐chù🔊

  to twitch; to have a spasm

  13 strokes

• 携xié🔊

  old variant of 攜|携[xie2]

  13 strokes

• 㨫lǎn🔊

  variant of 擥[lan3]

  13 strokes

• 揅yán🔊

  (literary) variant of 研[yan2]

  13 strokes

• 揫jiū🔊

  to gather

  13 strokes

• 搉què🔊

  consult

  13 strokes

• 搋chuāi🔊

  to knead

  13 strokes

• 搌zhǎn🔊

  to sop up

  13 strokes

• 搒bàng🔊

  (literary) to row (a boat)

  13 strokes

• 搕kè🔊

  to strike

  13 strokes

• 搘zhī🔊

  prop up

  13 strokes

• 搛jiān🔊

  to pick up with chopsticks

  13 strokes

• 搠shuò🔊

  daub

  13 strokes

• 搡sǎng🔊

  to push forcefully

  13 strokes

• 搢jìn🔊

  shake

  13 strokes

• 搣miè🔊

  (literary) to pull out; to remove

  13 strokes

• 搦nuò🔊

  (literary) to hold (in the hand)

  13 strokes

• 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

• 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