The Chinese Radical: 手


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hand    手

Explanation Image of a hand with fingers sticking out

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
I, me, my

Left: hand /, right: halberd
In my hand a halberd, and I am myself.
JLPT HSK 1
to watch, to guard, to look at, to consider
kān, kàn
Top: hand , below: eye (cf.观)
The hand shades the eye when watching.
JLPT HSK 2
hand, (formal) to hold
shǒu

Image of a palm with fingers spread and a wrinkle in the palm. (The radical of hand is also depicted as: , ,, or )
JLPT HSK 3
to seize, to hold, to catch, to apprehend

Top: fitting/suitable (The lid fits on the pot .), bottom: hand
With a fitting hand you can seize and hold.
JLPT HSK 4
to pray, worship, to pay respect, salute
bài
Left: hand , right: buddh. prayer drum (not etymological)
With your hand and the prayer drum, you pray and pay respect.
JLPT HSK 5
palm of the hand, to be in charge of
zhǎng
Top: esteem, to value (A small house with a window is furthermore esteemed.), here: as image of a palm with three fingers, bottom: hand
Image of a palm (with a hand )
寿
JLPT HSK 5
long life, old age, birthday
shòu
寿
Left: var. of hand , right: skillful hand
Two hands congratulate and wish: a long life. (And: Two hands are needed to roll sushi 寿.)
JLPT HSK 5
to bear, responsibility, to take charge
chéng
Outside: water , middle: child , two
Two children in the water. Then you bear a responsibility.
JLPT HSK 5
fist, boxing
quán
Top: border guard (person with high lifted arms and two barrier bars ), bottom: hand
The border guard has a hand, that is a fist.
JLPT HSK 5
to rub, massage, to try to figure out

Outside and top: hemp (The building 广 in the forest is for the hemp), below: hand
(Use of hemp for cleaning) With hemp in the hand it is rubbed.
JLPT HSK 6
to support, prop up, maintain, to open/unfurl
chēng
Left: hand , right: palm of the hand 掌 (image of the palm [= esteem], Hand )
The hand can with the palm of the hand: support or prop / push.
JLPT HSK 6
to climb (by pulling oneself up), implicate
pān
Top: cage, fence 樊 (Between the trees there are boundaries to form at the big cage or fence.), bottom: hand
For the fence, use your hand to climb it up.
JLPT HSK 6
sincere, cordial
zhì
Top: grasp, seize (If you get your hand to that small bead you grasp it.), bottom: hand
If you have graspted it with your (whole) hand, then it is sincere.
JLPT HSK 6
to raise (hand)
qíng
Top: respect (When a plant speaks a sentence [wrap , mouth ], it is hit 攵 with respect.), bottom: hand
It is respectful, when hands are raised.
JLPT HSK 6
break or open sth with one's hands
bāi
Twice hand and between: to divide (... with the sword in 8 pieces)
Use both hands to divide, when: breaking.
JLPT no HSK
goose
é
Left: I, me (In my hand a halberd and I am myself), right: bird 鸟/ [cf. chicken 鸡=you have your hand on this bird 鸟]
(You have them as domestic livestock) My bird is the: goose.
JLPT no HSK
to imitate, to copy

Top: negative (sink, go down: The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.), bottom: hand
(Made of wood is the negative mold 模) and the hand makes with it: an imitation.
JLPT no HSK
cover over, to envelope
dào
寿
Top: long life 寿 (two skillful hands & are needed for Sushi 寿 and you will have a long life.), bottom: fire
(Oxygen reduction by a cover causes a slow burning:) A long life has the fire, if it is covered.
JLPT no HSK
twisted, bent, crooked, cramped
luán
Top: also, namely (To see this variation as red , you can also do.) [red : When earth (clay) is burned , the pottery becomes red ], below: hand
Somehow reddish gets the hand when: twisted or cramped.
JLPT no HSK
to pull, to draw, to pull back, to withdraw
chè
Top: system, to control 制 (A cow wrapped in cloth and with a knife: what a system), bottom: hand
The 'system' of the hand is: to pull.

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