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Meaning	hand    扌
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Used in these characters: 打 JLPT HSK 1 to strike, dozen, to beat, to hit dá, dǎ 扌 丁 Left: hand 扌, right: a nail 丁 The hand hits the nail with strikes.   热 JLPT HSK 1 hot, heat, to warm up, fervent rè 执 扌 丸 灬 Top: grasp, seize 执 (If you get your hand 扌 to that small bead 丸 you grasp it.), bottom: fire 灬 [bead, pill 丸 = A 'nine' 九 needs an additional stroke 丶 to become round like a pill/bead.] If your hand holds a bead over the fire, it gets really hot.   手 JLPT HSK 2 hand, (formal) to hold shǒu 手 扌 Image of a palm with fingers spread and a wrinkle in the palm. (The radical of hand is also depicted as: 扌, 又,爫, or 寸)   找 JLPT HSK 2 to find/seek sb. for a job, to look for, to call on sb zhǎo 扌 戈 Left: hand 扌, right: halberd 戈: (Think of a freelance job) If you want to get your hand on a halberd, you seek a job.   报 JLPT HSK 2 to announce, to inform, report, newspaper bào 扌 卩 又 Left: hand 扌, right: bent person 卩 and a further hand 又 About the bent person with two different hands was informed in an announcement.   据 JLPT HSK 3 to occupy, to seize, according to jū, jù 扌 居 Left: hand 扌, right: reside, live 居 (Where the buttock 尸 [side view] becomes old 古, he has his residence.) Where the hand is "living", it wants to: occupy sth.   提 JLPT HSK 3 to carry/hold in a hand (suspended), to lift, to raise dī, tí 扌 是 正 Left: hand 扌, right: correct/indeed 是 (The sun 日 is correct 正) [And it is correct 正 to stop 止 at the line 一] The hand is 'correct' for carrying sth.   担 JLPT HSK 3 to carry on shoulder, to undertake, to take responsibility dān, dàn 扌 旦 Left: hand 扌, right: sunrise 旦 (The sun 日 is just above the horizon 一) The hand has already at sunrise the load carrying on the shoulder.   把 JLPT HSK 3 handle, to hold, contain, grasp, take hold of bǎ, bà 扌 巴 Left: hand 扌, right: to hope 巴 (Behind the doorknob 巴 you may hope.) The hand at the doorknob stands for holding (or handle).   换 JLPT HSK 3 to change, to exchange huàn 扌 奂 Left: hand 扌, right: great, brilliant 奂 (shows a woman giving birth; recognizable in traditional form: 換 with: head ⺈, two breasts ハ and spread legs 人) The hand took the babies at birth and exchanged them.   择 JLPT HSK 3 to select, to choose, to pick zé, zhái 扌 圣 Left: hand 扌, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土.) With your hand you pose vertically over (the desired goods) when: selecting.   接 JLPT HSK 3 to contact with, to connect, to welcome sb., to receive jiē 扌 立 女 Left: hand 扌, right: stand 立, woman 女 (Shake) hands and stand up for the woman you want to make contact with.   扫 JLPT HSK 3 to sweep, broom sǎo, sào 扌 彐 Left: hand 扌, right: hand /彐, which was simplified from 掃 showing at the right a hand 彐holding a broom 冖巾. It is the hand that holds the broom: to sweep.   搬 JLPT HSK 3 to transport, to (re-)move, relocate bān 扌 般 舟 殳 Left: hand 扌, right: manner, kind 般 (Boat 舟 is built with a battle-axe in the hand 又 in a particular manner.) Hands are used in a certain manner for the transport.   护 JLPT HSK 3 to protect, guard, shield hù 扌 戶 Left: hand 扌, right: door 戸/户 (image of a sliding door with an upper rail) Like a hand, also a door can: protect.   掉 JLPT HSK 4 to fall, to drop, to lag behind diào 扌 卓 卜 早 Left: hand 扌, right: excellent 卓 ([before the day happens:] Fortune telling 卜 early at the morning 早 is excellent.) [卜 = divining = crack in turtle's shell] (As a support/hold when falling) A hand is excellent, when you fall.   持 JLPT HSK 4 to hold, to grasp, to support, to maintain chí 扌 寺 From left: radical for hand 扌, temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸) Having a hand at the temple gives you a hold.   推 JLPT HSK 4 to push (forward), to pass sth, nominate tuī 扌 隹 Left: hand 扌, right: bird 隹 When the hand (touches) a bird, it can push it or pass it on.   招 JLPT HSK 4 to beckon, to recruit, to provoke, contagious zhāo 扌 召 Left: hand 扌, right: to call together 召 (... with the sword 刀 and the mouth 口) Using the hand for calling together is beckoning or recruiting.   授 JLPT HSK 4 to instruct, teach, award, to give shòu 扌 受 爫 Left: hand 扌, right: receive 受 (A hand 爫 from above holds a cover 冖, the other hand 又 receives it.) With the hand, to receive sth. This is an instruction.   批 JLPT HSK 4 to criticize, to ascertain, classifier for batches pī 扌 比 Left: hand 扌, right: compare 比 (two sitting persons 匕: compare them) The hand that compares is criticizing.   按 JLPT HSK 4 to press (with the hand), to push, to control àn 扌 安 Left: hand 扌/手, right: peaceful 安 (A woman 女 in the house 宀 makes it peaceful.) (At a massage) The hand is peaceful, when it is pressing.   举 JLPT HSK 4 to lift, to raise, to hold up, enumerate, choose jǔ 兴 扌 Top: flourish 兴 (flowers on a low table ), bottom: hand 扌 Under the table with the flowers is a hand for lifting it.   扬 JLPT HSK 4 to raise, hoist, scattering (in the wind), to flutter yáng 扌 易 Left: hand 扌, right simplified from: 昜 (warming sun 日 with rays 勿) Use your hands to let it shine in the sun: by raising it.   抱 JLPT HSK 4 to hug or embrace, to hold (in arms), surround bào 扌 包 Left: hand 扌, right: wrap 包 (self 己 wrapped 勹) Her hands wrapped me in a hug.   折 JLPT HSK 4 to break (e.g. stick or bone), fracture, loss, discount shé, zhē, zhé 折 扌 斤 Left: hand 扌, right: axe 斤 The hand with the axe breaks or causes a loss.   抽 JLPT HSK 4 to pull out, draw out, to remove part of the whole chōu 扌 由 Left: hand 扌, right: reason 由 (The sprout/seedling 丨 in the field 田 has its reason.) The hand takes the sprout/seedling 丨 from the field to pull it out.   挂 JLPT HSK 4 to hang (from a hook), link (telephone), to be worried guà 扌 圭 Left: hand 扌, right: 圭 (2x earth 土) The hand needs something elevated, like double piled earth, to hang something.   播 JLPT HSK 4 to sow, to scatter, spread, broadcast bō 扌 釆 番 Left: hand 扌, right: foreign 番 (The modified rice 釆 [= rice 米 with accent/emphasis ノ] on the field 田 is foreign.) The hand puts the emphasized ノ rice (= selected for breeding) on the field when sowing or spreading.   拒 JLPT HSK 4 to resist, to repel, to refuse jù 扌 巨 Left: hand 扌, right: huge 巨 (staring eye) The hand is huge, it will resist.   技 JLPT HSK 4 skill, talent, ability jì 扌 支 Left: hand 扌, right: branch 支 (branch/twig 十 and hand 又) A hand that balances a branch on the hand is skilled.   抬 JLPT HSK 4 to lift, to raise, (of two or more persons) to carry tái 扌 台 Left: hand 扌, right: platform, rack 台 (That's the nose 厶 for the mouth 口) If the hand brings sth. on a platform it has lifted or raised it.   挺 JLPT HSK 4 straight, upright, stand erect, enduring, stiff tǐng 扌 廷 廴 壬 Left: hand 扌, right: judicial court 廷 (The movement 廴 of a scholar 士 with hat 壬 [= judge] to the court.) The hand at the judicial court decides straight and upright.   扰 JLPT HSK 4 to disturb, interference, cause trouble rǎo 扌 尤 尢 Left: hand 扌, right: outstanding 尤 (Despite the broken leg 尢 [= 乚] the emphasis 丶 makes the big 大 person: outstanding.) Who believes that his hand is outstanding, will cause disturbances.   排 JLPT HSK 4 to set in order, a row, a line pái, pǎi 扌 非 Left: hand 扌, right: not 非 (two wings 羽 in opposite directions, here: three 三 elements at two rows || The hand sets three elements at two rows: in an order.   擦 JLPT HSK 4 rubbing, to wipe, to clean, to polish cā 扌 宀 祭 Left: hand 扌, right: investigate 察 (When there is a cover 宀 over the sacrificial 祭 item on the alter 示, it is to be investigated.) [sacrifice = 祭 = The body 月/肉 is put by hand on the altar 示 to sacrifice.] The hand investigates by rubbing.   拉 JLPT HSK 4 to pull, to drag, to play (string instruments) lā 扌 立 Left: hand 扌, right: to stand 立 A hand on which sb. stands is pulled (back), such as a string instrument is pulled /played.   扔 JLPT HSK 4 to throw, to throw away, discard rēng 扌 乃 Left: hand 扌, right: therefore/thus 乃 (normally: "pregnancy belly", but here: hand grenade) By hand the grenade is thrown.   拾 JLPT HSK 4 to pick up, to collate or arrange, ten (in finance) shí 扌 合 Left: hand 扌, right: fit 合 (The lid on the container 口 is fitting.) A hand reaches the fitting to pick it up.   扮 JLPT HSK 4 to disguise oneself, to dress up, makeup bàn 扌 分 Left: hand 扌(=手), right: part, split 分 (Here: A person 人 with legs 儿 which however go to the left.) If the hand and the person's legs go to the left, you have disguised yourself.   指 JLPT HSK 4 finger, to point at or to, to indicate zhǐ 扌 旨 匕 Left: hand 扌, right top: sitting person 匕, below: sun 日 The hand of a sitting person points at the sun with: its finger.   拍 JLPT HSK 5 to slap, to pat, to clap, racket pāi 扌 白 Left: hand 扌, right: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white.) ("white finger disease" = blood circulatory disorder) The hand is white from (rhythmical) slapping.   操 JLPT HSK 5 to grasp, to hold, to control, to exercise cāo, cào 扌 喿 品 Left: hand 扌, right: to gather 喿 (Three mouths 口 [beaks of birds] in a tree 木, where birds: gather.) The hand is gathering/collecting, when (a lot) is grasped.   括 JLPT HSK 5 to include, to enclose kuò 扌 舌 Left: hand 扌, right: tongue 舌 (Thousand 千 mouths 口 with tongues.) (At many actions) hands and tongue are included.   投 JLPT HSK 5 to throw, to send, to invest tóu 扌 殳 Left: hand 扌, right: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又) One hand holds the weapon, the other hand throws it.   描 JLPT HSK 5 depict, to copy, describe, to touch up miáo 扌 苗 Left: hand 扌, right: seedling 苗 (The 'grass' 艹 on the field 田 are actually the seedlings.) (The young shoots all look the same) The hand sets seedlings that copy each other. (= have the same depiction)   挑 JLPT HSK 5 to carry on a shoulder pole, to choose, to nitpick tiāo, tiǎo 扌 兆 Left: hand 扌, right: sign, omen 兆 (turtle shell used for divination, but here: ropes || with loads) By hand and loaded ropes you carry on a shoulder pole.   损 JLPT HSK 5 to damage, injured, to harm, to lose sǔn 扌 员 Left: hand 扌, right: member 员/員 (Who has a mouth 口 and money 贝 can become a member.) The hand of the member is injured.   摸 JLPT HSK 5 to feel with the hand, to touch, to grope mō 扌 莫 Left: hand 扌, right: negative, sunset 莫 (The plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 [= as long shadows] at sunset.)) [sunrise is: 旦 or ] The hand can, after sunset, only feel.   摄 JLPT HSK 5 to take in, to take a photo, to absorb, to assimilate shè 扌 聂 耳 双 Left: hand 扌, right: whisper 聂 (To the ear 耳 with both hands 双 and we whisper.) By a hand or the ear, but (best) use both hands to take sth. in to absorb.   抢 JLPT HSK 5 fight over, to rush, scramble, grab, snatch qiāng, qiǎng 扌 仓 Left: hand 扌, right: warehouse 仓 (Here: Person 人 and slumped person 㔾) The hands of the two persons fight over sth.   摇 JLPT HSK 5 to shake, rock, wag, swing yáo 扌 爫 缶 Left: hand 扌, right: hand reaching down 爫, below: can, jar 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵) The hand reaches downwards to the can, to shake it.   挥 JLPT HSK 5 to wave, to command, to wipe away, disperse huī 扌 军 Left: hand 扌/手, right: army, military 军 (.. with camouflaged 冖 vehicles 车/車) When using a hand for commanding an army, you are waving it.   插 JLPT HSK 5 to insert, stick in, pierce, interfere, interpose chā 扌 千 臼 Left: hand 扌, right: 臿 (pestle 千 in mortar 臼 [=it is pressed from both sides E,彐 ]) By hand put the pestle into the mortar: by inserting.   撞 JLPT HSK 5 knock against, ring a bell, meet by accident zhuàng 扌 童 里 Left: hand 扌, right: child 童 (is standing 立 in the village 里 [= Fields 田 and earth 土 belong to a village]) If a hand hits a child, it can only be a random knocking or bumping.   搜 JLPT HSK 5 investigate, to search sōu 扌 叟 Left: hand 扌, right: old gentleman 叟 (supports himself with his hands E, 彐 on the stick 丨, which serves as the 3rd hand 又) With these four hands one stick is investigated.   执 JLPT HSK 5 grasp, seize, to hold in hand, receipt, to execute (a plan) zhí 扌 执 丸 Left: hand 扌/手, right: small bead 丸 (A 'nine' 九 needs an additional stroke 丶 to become round like a pill) If you have a small bead in your hand, you hold it.   抓 JLPT HSK 5 to grab, to catch, to arrest, to scratch zhuā 扌 爪 Left: hand 扌, right: claw 爪 The hand becomes a claw when: grabbing or arresting.   扶 JLPT HSK 5 to support with hand, to help sb up fú 扌 夫 Left: hand 扌, right: husband 夫 (The big 大 person with the extra-caring arms 一 is the husband.) The hand of the husband is a support.   挤 JLPT HSK 5 crowded, to squeeze, throng jǐ 扌 齐 文 Left: hand 扌, right: be in the same level 齐 (A written text 文 lays flatly on two vertical sticks 丿|, that are in the same level.) When the hands are on the same level, it is a crowded throng.   控 JLPT HSK 5 to accuse, to charge, to control, to sue kòng 扌 穴 工 Left: hand 扌, right: sky 空 (... appears, where a hole 穴 is built 工 in.) The hand, that built the hole, should be: accused.   抖 JLPT HSK 5 to tremble, to shake out, to reveal dǒu 扌 斗 Left: hand 扌, right: measure of volume 斗 (stylized ladle (1 dǒu = 10 l) with sth. in it) As the hand hold the (heavy) ladle, it began to tremble.   押 JLPT HSK 5 to detain in custody, mortgage, to pawn yā 扌 甲 Left: hand 扌, right: shell/armor 甲 (The seedling 丨 cracks its shell/husk 田) The hand pushes into a "shell" when: detaining.   拼 JLPT HSK 5 to unite, join together, stake all, spell pīn 扌 并 Left: hand 扌, right: combine 并 (When coming out 丷 the gate 开 of a buddh. temple you shall be united.) The hand that combines is: uniting.   握 JLPT HSK 5 to grasp, to hold, to clench (one's fist) wò 扌 尸 至 Left: hand 扌, right: house, building 屋 (buttock seen from the side 尸, and: reach 至 [falling arrow 厶 reaching the ground 土]) When the hand has reached the buttocks, it grasps it.   挣 JLPT HSK 5 struggle to get free, throw off, earn (money) zhēng, zhèng 扌 争 Left: hand 扌, right: dispute/fight 争 (A bent person ⺈ with stick 亅 in hand looking for a dispute.) Use your hand in the fight to get free and earn money.   扩 JLPT HSK 5 enlarge (photo), extend, magnify, expand kuò 扌 广 Left: hand 扌, right: building 广 Put your hand on the building to enlarge it.   挡 JLPT HSK 5 keep off, to resist, obstruct hinder, to block dǎng, dàng 扌 小 彐 Left: hand 扌, right: 当 (=small 小 hand /彐) With a hand, a small hand is kept off.   拥 JLPT HSK 5 to embrace, to wrap around, throng, swarm yōng 扌 用 Left: hand 扌, right: use, employ 用 (A fence 用 can be used.) The hand is used for embracing.   托 JLPT HSK 5 to trust, to entrust, to hold in one's hand tuō 扌 乇 Left: hand 扌, right: 乇 (often: rooted plant, but here: the hand's palm with lines) If you have sth. in the hand's palm, you got it: entrusted.   拦 JLPT HSK 5 obstruct, to block sb's path, hinder lán 扌 兰 羊 Left: hand 扌, right: orchid 兰 (three 三 petals) The hand is for a backless sheep 羊 an obstruction.   摘 JLPT HSK 5 to pick (flowers, fruit), pluck, take, borrow zhāi 扌 帝 古 Left: hand 扌, right: old emperor 啇 (mix of emperor 帝 [He stands 立 and is covered 冖 with cloth 巾] and old 古) The hand of the old emperor is picking/plucking sth.   披 JLPT HSK 5 to open, to unroll, to drape over one's shoulders pī 扌 皮 Left: hand 扌, right: skin 皮 (A hand 又 with a knife 丨 peels off the skin 厂) The hand peels off the skin and lays it open.   拆 JLPT HSK 5 to tear open, to rip open, to destroy chāi 扌 斥 斤 Left: hand 扌, right: blame, accuse 斥 (.. for the notch 丶 in the axe 斤) The hand must be blamed because it has teared sth. open.   抄 JLPT HSK 5 to make a copy, to plagiarize, to raid, to grab chāo 扌 少 Left: hand 扌, right: little 少 If your (own) hand only does a little, you are copying.   拐 JLPT HSK 5 to kidnap/to shanghai, to turn, crutch, cane guǎi 扌 另 口 力 Left: hand 扌, right: another 另 (If it doesn't work with words 口, you have to try it with force 力: That's sth. different.) I feel a hand 扌 over my mouth 口 and a force 力 - I am kidnapped!   捐 JLPT HSK 5 to contribute, taxation, donation, to abandon juān 扌 肙 肉 Left: hand 扌/手, right: small worm 肙 (The head 口 is as big as the body 月/肉) On the hand a small worm, which I contribute as taxation.   摔 JLPT HSK 5 to fall, drop, to throw down, break shuāi 扌 率 Left: hand 扌, right: ratio 率 (rotary disks 亠,十 turn threads 糸 into small parts 冫 in that ratio) The hand creates a ratio (of broken parts), if it lets it fall (& break).   振 JLPT HSK 5 to vibrate, to shake, to flap, to resonate zhèn 扌 辰 Left: hand 扌, right: 'early morning' 辰 =image of: plowing (At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农.) Only one hand at the plow lets it: vibrate and shake.   搞 JLPT HSK 5 accomplish, to set up, invigorate gǎo 扌 高 Left: hand 扌, right: high 高 (image of a guard tower) With a hand high as a guard tower, you can accomplish.   捡 JLPT HSK 5 to pick up, to collect, to gather jiǎn 扌 佥 Left: Hand 扌, right: together 佥 (person 人 as one 一 with three ツ together, here: as a trashcan 佥 with a lid ) (For a clean city) The hands should that stuff for the trashcan: to pick up.   措 JLPT HSK 5 to handle, to manage, measure, to execute cuò 扌 昔 Left: hand 扌, right: old days 昔 (Together 共 in the sun 日 we think of old days.) By hands in the old days measures were handled and managed.   摆 JLPT HSK 5 to arrange, to exhibit, to move to and from, a pendulum bǎi 扌 网 去 Left: hand 扌, right: cease, quit 罢 (In a drag net 罒 [cf. 网] you are left 去 and it will cease) [leave= 去 =Below ground 土 is the nose 厶, which has left] The hand shall quit with arranging and moving things.   捷 JLPT HSK 6 quick, nimble, prompt, victory, triumph, Czech jié 扌 尹 Left: hand 扌, right: 疌 (middle: hand with stick 尹, rest: correct 正) Here: 疌 as part of eyelashes 睫 The hand holding the stick correctly in the hand is quick and will have a victory. OR: A hand being as fast as eyelashes is: quick.   撒 JLPT HSK 6 to let go, to cast, discharge, scatter, sprinkle sā, sǎ 扌 共 攴 Left: hand 扌, right: to disperse, scatter 散 (Together 共 in the moonshine 月 to strike 攵/攴 and then disperse.) When you use your hand to disperse, this means: 'to let go'.   扭 JLPT HSK 6 rotate, turn, twist, wring, sprain niǔ 扌 丑 Left: hand 扌, right: ugly 丑 (ugly variation of hand 彐, here: bearing point コ with pivot +) By hand at the bearing point around the pivot sth. can be rotated.   拨 JLPT HSK 6 to push aside, poke, to allocate (money), to dial bō 扌 发 Left: hand 扌, right: to send out 发 (The mountain 山 was drawn by the hand 又 untidy, but [the letter] needs to be sent out.) When the hands 'sends out', it means: to push.   捉 JLPT HSK 6 to capture, to clutch, to grab zhuō 扌 足 Left: hand 扌, right: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止) You need hands and feet (to run after) for: capturing.   撤 JLPT HSK 6 to remove, to take away, to withdraw chè 扌 育 攴 From left: hand 扌, give birth, educate 育 (The new born baby [=child 子 upside down, as head first at birth] has a body 月, that is born and raised), strikes 攵/攴 The hand raises and educates with strikes and then removes/withdraws.   搭 JLPT HSK 6 to put up, build (scaffolding), join dā 扌 荅 合 Left: hand 扌, right: 荅 (plant 艹, to fit 合 (The lid on the pot 口) The hand picks plants, that fit, to build up (sth. like a pagoda 塔)   挖 JLPT HSK 6 to dig, to excavate, to scoop out wā 扌 穴 乙 Left: hand 扌, right: 穵 (hole 穴, second 乙 [The number 'two' 二 written quickly, without lifting the pen.]) By hand the hole is made by the two of us: by digging.   掠 JLPT HSK 6 to plunder, loot, to rob lüè 扌 京 Left: hand 扌, right: capital 京 (image of a stone lantern) By hand from the capital the stone lantern is plundered.   拔 JLPT HSK 6 to pull out, pluck, pick, outstanding, to surpass bá 扌 友 Left: hand 手, right: 犮 (friend 友 [= They shake hands ,又 because they are friends.] and emphasis 丶) You need three hands for that 丶, to be pulled out.   携 JLPT HSK 6 to carry, to take along, to bring along, to hold (hands) xié 扌 隹 乃 Left: hand 扌, right: 隽 bird 隹, below: 乃 (pregnancy belly in side view; cf. pregnancy 孕, where a child 子 comes out of that womb 乃) The hand holds the bird around the corpus/belly to carry it along.   拖 JLPT HSK 6 to drag, to pull, to trail, to delay, to drag on tuō 扌 也 Left: hand 扌, right: 㐌 (person lying down , twisting creature 也 (e.g. snake) By hand you get a 'straight lying person' from a 'bent creature', when you pull on it.   掩 JLPT HSK 6 to conceal, cover up, surprise yǎn 扌 奄 大 电 乚 Left: hand 扌, right: suddenly 奄 (i.e. lightning stroke: The big 大 electricity 电 [= lightning strike] comes suddenly.) [electricity 电 = field 田 with lightning arrester 乚] The hand makes a sudden movement to conceal sth.   捕 JLPT HSK 6 to catch, to seize, to capture bǔ 扌 甫 Left: hand 扌, right: just now 甫 (A hand for holding an item 丶 is what I use/need 用 just now) [to use: 用 = A fence 用 can be used.] The hand does it just now: To catch! (quick movement)   挨 JLPT HSK 6 adjacent, close to, to endure, in sequence āi, ái 扌 矣 厶 矢 Left: Hand 扌, right: end-particle 矣 (If the nose 厶 is hit by an arrow 矢, it is the end.) [arrow 矢 = An arrow ノ in the sky 天] A hand's width (distance) from the nose was that arrow: That was closely adjacent.   拟 JLPT HSK 6 to plan to, to draft (a plan), to imitate, pseudo- nǐ 扌 以 Left: hand 扌, right: to use 以 (The scratch plow レ has cut a plow furrow 丶, which a person 人 uses) Before your hand is used, it should be planned.   扯 JLPT HSK 6 to tear (cloth), to pull, to chat, gossip chě 扌 止 Left: hand 扌, right: to stop 止 (Footprint of a right foot that stops at a line 一) By hand or a stopped foot you can make things tear.   抹 JLPT HSK 6 to wipe (away), smear, erase, to plaster mǒ, mò, mā 扌 末 Left: hand 扌, right: end 末 (The top branch 一 of the tree 木 marks the end) The hand has an end (namely: the fingertips), which you use to: wipe (away) or smear.   拘 JLPT HSK 6 to arrest, adhere, capture, restrain jū 扌 句 Left: hand 扌, right: sentence 句 (= sth. wrapped 勹 out of the mouth 口, Here: a gripping ="wrapping" 勹 hand and another wrist in cross-section 口) The hand "enwraps" a wrist at the arrest.   扑 JLPT HSK 6 to throw oneself at, to pounce on, devote one's energies pū 扌 卜 Left: hand 扌, right: forking of a way 卜 If your hand is at the fork of a way, you can throw yourself in the right direction.   探 JLPT HSK 6 to explore, to search out, to visit tàn 扌 穴 木 Left: hand 扌, right: 罙 (var. of hole 穴, tree 木) The hand in the hole of the tree is exploring.   摊 JLPT HSK 6 to spread out, vendor's stand tān 扌 难 又 隹 Left: hand 扌, right: difficult 难 (By hand 又 [to catch] a bird 隹 is difficult) By hand (to select) is difficult, if it is not spread out.   摧 JLPT HSK 6 to destroy, break, devastate, repress cuī 扌 山 隹 Left: hand 扌, right: high mountain 崔 (= mountain 山 only for birds 隹) (To throw) by hand a "high mountain" on a bird brings destruction.   啦 JLPT HSK 6 Sentence-final particle as exclamation lā, la 口 扌 立 Left: mouth 口, right: pull (string instrument) 拉 With my mouth, the hand 扌 and my standpoint 立 I make an exclamation at the sentence-final.   援 JLPT HSK 6 to help, to assist, aid yuán 扌 爰 爫 Left: hand 扌, right: to help 爰 (a hand reaches down 爫 to give a rope ノ [with two 二 knots] and another hand 又 takes this help.) A hand helps to help.   撑 JLPT HSK 6 to support, prop up, maintain, to open/unfurl chēng 扌 尚 手 Left: hand 扌, right: palm of the hand 掌 (image of the palm 尚 [= esteem], Hand 手) The hand can with the palm of the hand: support or prop / push.   挪 JLPT HSK 6 to shift, to move nuó 扌 那 Left: hand 手, right: this/that/before 那 (A double- 二 edged sword 刀 in the village ⻏, what means this?) By hand this can be shifted.   抗 JLPT HSK 6 to resist, to fight, to defy, anti- kàng 扌 亢 Left: hand 扌, right: overbearing 亢 (image of the navigator 亢 from navigation 航 as a sturdy person with a broad neck) With the hands, the person with the broad neck will resist.   掘 JLPT HSK 6 dig, excavate jué 扌 屈 Left: hand 扌, right: stoop/crouch 屈 (The buttock 尸 [= butt's crack] comes out 出 when crouching. = "plumber's crack or smile") You use your hands and you are crouched, when: digging.   掏 JLPT HSK 6 to fish out (from pocket), to scoop tāo 扌 匋 勹 缶 Left: hand 扌, right: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵 ]) You need your hand for something packed, to fish it out from your pocket.   挽 JLPT HSK 6 to pull, draw (a cart or a bow), lead (an animal), to coil wǎn 扌 免 Left: hand 扌, right: avoid, escape 免 (an escaping rabbit 兔: long ears ⺈, big eyes 罒, legs 儿, but without tail 丶) [cf.exchange 换] From this hand is no escape because it is pulling and leading you.   拓 JLPT HSK 6 land clearing, to develop, to expand, open up (land) tà, tuò 扌 石 Left: hand 扌, right: stone 石 The hand (removes) stones at the: land clearing.   扣 JLPT HSK 6 button, buckle, to fasten, discount (money), to cover kòu 扌 口 Left: hand 扌, right: mouth 口 (here: buttonhole) With the hand at the buttonhole you can button or draw your discount.   捧 JLPT HSK 6 to hold up with both hands, to clasp, flatter pěng 扌 奉 Left: hand 扌, right: hand over respectfully 奉 (Three 三 persons 人 stretch out hand 扌,手 respectfully for the offering.) When hands are handing over sth., they hold it up.   搏 JLPT HSK 6 fight, combat, seize bó 扌 尃 Left: hand 扌, right: to announce 尃 (just now 甫 with skillful hand 寸) Use the hand just now with skillful hands to fight.   拢 JLPT HSK 6 to gather together, collect, sum up lǒng 扌 龙 Left: Hand 扌, right: dragon 龙 (The outstanding 丶 person 尢/尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a dragon ノ) (From the standpoint of a beetle) The hand resembles a dragon when it gathers.   擅 JLPT HSK 6 without authority, to usurp, to monopolize, to be good at shàn 扌 亠 回 旦 Left: hand 扌, right: 亶 (cover 亠, rotate 回, sun rise 旦) (A rotatable blind [= jalousie] at the window) The hand that turns the cover, before the sunrise, does this: unauthorized.   搁 JLPT HSK 6 to place, to put aside, to shelve gē 扌 门 各 Left: hand 扌, right: pavilion 阁 (Behind the gate 门 everybody 各 has his pavilion.) By hand they direct you in the pavilion to: your place.   挫 JLPT HSK 6 obstructed, to fail, oppress / repress, defeat, frustration cuò 扌 坐 Left: hand 扌, right: to sit 坐 (Two persons 人 sit on the earth 土) [cf. seat 座] The hand on which he sat, became obstructed and this made him fail.   掀 JLPT HSK 6 to lift (a lid), to rock, to convulse xiān 扌 斤 欠 Left: to break 折 (The hand 扌with an axe 斤 breaks or causes a loss.), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth) (cf. happy 欣) It will break, if it has a lack/deficiency and you try: to lift it.   捏 JLPT HSK 6 to pick with fingers, falsify, to make up, to knead niē 扌 Left: hand 扌, right: sun 日 (Here: thumb and index finger pressing against each other), Earth 土 If a hand has some earth between its fingers, it has picked it up.   抵 JLPT HSK 6 to press against, to prop up, to resist, balance dǐ 扌 氏 Left: hand 扌, right: foundation 氐 (family 氏 is at the "bottom" _ sitting on the floor) [Family 氏 = A distorted person 人 = 亻= 厂 together with "Plus +" as multiplier makes a family.] A hand pushing against the 'floor', when propping up (= pressing against).   揭 JLPT HSK 6 to unmask, divulge, to take the lid off, to expose jiē 扌 曷 Left: hand 扌, right: interrogation 曷 (= The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.) The hand during an interrogation will unmask sth.   捞 JLPT HSK 6 to fish up, to dredge up lāo 扌 力 Left: hand 扌, right: to struggle 劳 (To transform the growing plants 艹 into a flat top layer 冖 requires strength 力 and a struggle.) By hand, it is a struggle to fish up sth.   垫 JLPT HSK 6 mat, mattress, pad, cushion diàn 执 土 扌 丸 Top: grasp, seize 执 (If you get your hand 扌to that small bead 丸 you grasp it.), bottom: earth 土 By hand the beads/pills (are spread) to form: a mattress.   掷 JLPT HSK 6 to toss, to throw dice zhì 扌 丷 天 ⻏ Left: hand 扌, right: serious, solemn 郑 (If the mountain pass 丷 in the sky 天 is closed 关, for the village ⻏ this will be: serious.) By hand out of 丷 into the sky over the village it was tossed.   抛 JLPT HSK 6 to throw, toss, fling, cast, abandon pāo 扌 九 力 From left: hand 扌, variation of nine 九, force 力 In the hand you need nine-fold force for throwing.   捆 JLPT HSK 6 to tie together, bundle, a bunch kǔn 扌 囗 木 束 Left: hand 扌, right: surrounded, distress 困 (By the enclosure 囗 the tree 木 is in distress) The hand "surrounds" sth, if it ties together as a bundle.   搅 JLPT HSK 6 to disturb, to annoy, to mix, to stir jiǎo 扌 见 Left: hand 扌, right: awake 觉 (When the light beams fall through the cover 冖 on your seeing 见/見 eyes 目 you awake from sleep) A hand, that just awakes, disturbs.   拙 JLPT HSK 6 clumsy, awkward, dull, inelegant, (polite) my zhuó 扌 出 Left: hand 扌, right: come/go out 出 (Two mountains 山 coming out one after the other) (i.e. at a traditional robe:) If a hand comes out, it looks clumsy and awkward.   捣 JLPT HSK 6 to smash, crush, destroy, attack, stir dǎo 扌 鳥 山 Left: hand 扌, right: island 岛 (What (only) a bird 鸟/鳥 can reach, with a mountain 山 is an island.) If a hand hits on a bird in a mountain-like way, it will be smashed.   挠 JLPT HSK 6 to scratch, to thwart, to yield náo 扌 尧 Left: hand 扌, right: Emperor Tang Yao 尧 (var. of halberd 戈 and table ) In his hand he had a halberd and made on the table: a scratch.   搂 JLPT HSK 6 to gather, to collect, solicit, embrace lōu, lǒu 扌 娄 Left: hand 扌, right: to collect 娄 (Rice grains 米 are by women 女 been: collected.) The hands collect when gathering.   抚 JLPT HSK 6 to caress, console, comfort, to stroke fǔ 扌 无 Left: hand 扌, right: denial 无 (legs 儿 crossed out twice 二) With your hand twice 二 over the legs 儿, when: caressing.   揉 JLPT HSK 6 to knead, to massage, to rub róu 扌 矛 木 Left: hand 扌, right: soft, flexible 柔 (A spear 矛 from the upper part of a tree 木 is soft&flexible) The hand makes it soft and flexible when kneading at the massage.   撇 JLPT HSK 6 to throw away, to discard, to fling aside piē, piě 扌 敝 Left: hand 扌, right: shabby, (humble) I 敝 (The cloth 巾 is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.) In the hand is the shabby, which is thrown away.   拣 JLPT HSK 6 to choose, to pick up, to sort out jiǎn 扌 東 Left: hand 扌, right: variant from the east 东/東 (The sun 日 rises behind a tree 木 in the east.) (First come = free choice) The hand that comes first in the morning (=the sun still behind the trees) can choose.   撼 JLPT HSK 6 to shake, to vibrate hàn 扌 咸 心 戎 Left: hand 扌, right: feelings 感 (= a salty 咸 heart 心 is a feeling) [salty 咸 = The taste is for the person 人 (= ノ & 一) in the mouth 口 like a halberd 戈 such salty] In the hand you have a feeling for: vibrations / a shaking.   扛 JLPT HSK 6 carry on one's shoulder, to raise aloft with both hands gāng, káng 扌 工 Left: hand 扌, right: work(er) 工 By hand, the worker has to carry on his shoulders.   挚 JLPT HSK 6 sincere, cordial zhì 执 手 扌 丸 Top: grasp, seize 执 (If you get your hand 扌to that small bead 丸 you grasp it.), bottom: hand 手 If you have grasped it with your (whole) hand, then it is sincere.   抒 JLPT HSK 6 to express (emotions), to pour out, to relieve shū 扌 予 Left: hand 扌, right: give, bestow 予 (The bent person マ has a nail 丁 to give.) A hand can give to express sth.   扎 JLPT HSK 6 to tie, to bind, bundle, to prick, penetrating zā, zhā, zhá 扌 乚 Left: hand 扌, right: hook 乚 In the hand is a hook for tying up or pricking.   搓 JLPT HSK 6 to rub or roll between the hands or fingers cuō 扌 差 Left: hand 扌, right: difference 差 (A sheep 羊 with a bent ノ leg and a craftsman 工 have a difference.) In your hand you have (wool from) the sheep and it is work (when spinning) to rub or twist it.   扒 JLPT HSK 6 to cling to, hold on to, push aside, strip off, rake up bā, pá 扌 爪 八 Left: hand 扌, right: eight 八, (here variant of: grab/catch 抓 [The hand 扌 as a claw 爪 for: grabbing or arresting] The hand is claw-like for: clinging or holding.   拧 JLPT HSK 6 to pinch, wring, stubborn, mistake níng, nǐng, nìng 扌 宁 丁 Left: hand 扌, right: peace, calm 宁 (If the roof 宀 is built with nails 丁, you have your peace.) If the hand is covering 宀 and acts like a nail, it pinches.   拽 JLPT HSK 6 to drag, pull, to throw, haul, to fling zhuāi, zhuài, yè 扌 Left: hand 扌, right: to drag 曳 (A [deformed] person 人 with a heavy load 日 on the shoulders who is dragging or pulling.) A hand of the draging person, is: draging or pulling.   捍 JLPT HSK 6 ward off (a blow) hàn 扌 日 干 Left: hand 扌, right: drought 旱 (The sun 日 has dried 干.) By hand the drought is warded off.   搀 JLPT HSK 6 to assist by the arm, to support, sustain chān 扌 免 冫 Left hand 扌, right: avoid, escape 免 (an escaping rabbit 兔: long ears ⺈, big eyes 罒, legs 儿), two strokes 丶丶but without tail 丶) The hand that leads you like a rabbit over the ice 冫: assists you by an arm.   掐 JLPT HSK 6 to pick (flowers), to pinch, to clutch qiā 扌 臽 Left: hand 扌, right: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ over a pit trap 臼) The hand acts like a "pitfall" when picking sth. or pinching.   抑 JLPT HSK 6 press down, restrain, restrict, suppress, or yì 扌 卬 卵 卯 卩 Left: hand 扌, right: 卬 ([at the left] an odd person 人 bowing down 卩 deeply [at the right]) The hand that makes an 'odd' person to 'bow down deeply' is: repressing or restraining.   揍 JLPT HSK 6 to beat up, to break to pieces zòu 扌 天 Left: hand 扌, right: make music 奏 (Three 三 persons 人 perform 'heaven-like' 天 music.) As if "the hand is making music", it is when you are beating up sb.   攒 JLPT HSK 6 to bring together, collect, hoard, accumulate, save cuán, zǎn 扌 先 贝 Left: hand 扌, right: to praise, endorse 赞 (Foremost 先先 with money 贝 payments, one can praise and endorse.) That hand is praised, that brings together.   拌 JLPT HSK 6 to mix, to mix in, to toss (a salad) bàn 扌 半 Left: hand 扌, right: half 半 (A knife cuts 丨 a birthday cake 二 with candles 丷 in half.) The hand needs to halve before mixing.   捎 JLPT HSK 6 to deliver, to bring sth to sb shāo 扌 肖 Left: hand 手, right: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.) In his hand is a small body/object to: deliver.   拄 JLPT HSK 6 to lean on, to prop on zhǔ 扌 主 Left: hand 扌, right: master, owner 主 (I emphasize 丶, the king 王 is the master.) The hand serves as a master, when you lean on it.   挎 JLPT HSK 6 to carry (over the arm, shoulder or side) kuà 扌 夸 咢 Left: hand 扌, right: boast 夸 (With part of jaw 咢 [=two teeth 口, tongue 一, lower jaw 丂], such that your big/extreme 太 jaw 丂 is boasting.) The hand can boast, when a carrying a load over the arm.   拯 JLPT no HSK rescue, save, to raise, to aid, to support zhěng 扌 乛 水 Left: hand 扌, right: deputy, assist, rescue 丞 (The strokes at top 乛 and bottom 一 give for the water the channel of (freedom of action) that the deputy has.) A hand takes you out of the water-channel when rescuing.   揽 JLPT no HSK to seize, to grasp, to take hold of, monopolize lǎn 扌 览 见 Left: hand 扌, right: to look at 览 (The cut 刂 bamboo 竹 is what I am looking 见/見 at.) The hand wants the cut bamboo, which he saw and: seizes it.   啪 JLPT no HSK (sound) bang pā 口 扌 白 Left: mouth 口, right: to slap, to pat 拍 (The hand 扌 is white 白 from slapping) The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) of a slap is: bang!   挟 JLPT no HSK to coerce, to clasp under the arm xié 扌 夹 Left: hand 扌 right: squeezed in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed; cf. 挾) A hand that is squeezed in, is "coercing".   擒 JLPT no HSK to capture, catch, seize, arrest qín 扌 禸 㐫 离 Left hand 扌, right: poultry 禽 (The image of a chicken coop with a ladder 禸 stands: for poultry) By hand the poultry can be: captured.   扼 JLPT no HSK to grip forcefully, clutch at, control, to hold è 扌 厄 Left: hand 扌, right: distress 厄 (below the cliff 厂 a crouching person 㔾 is in distress) A hand in distress will grip forcefully.   拚 JLPT no HSK to reject, to disregard pàn, pīn 扌 厶 廾 Left: hand 扌, right: 弁 (nose 厶, two hands 廾) The hand is used to cover the nose with the hands and this means: rejection.   拇 JLPT no HSK thumb, big toe mǔ 扌 母 Left: hand 扌, right: mother 母 (= woman 女 with emphasized, swollen bosom : when breast-feeding) At the hand it is seen as the 'mother', the: thumb.   揣 JLPT no HSK to hold sth. with yourself, to guess, surmise chuāi, chuài 扌 耑 Left: Hand 扌, right: concentrated 耑 (like a mountain 山 of beards 而) The hand is concentrated, if it holds something with it.   揪 JLPT no HSK to seize, to clutch, to hold tight, to grip jiū 扌 秋 Left: hand 扌, right: autumn 秋 (when the rice plants 禾 are on fire 火) (In autumn you have to collect for the winter) The hand in autumn seizes.   捂 JLPT no HSK to cover, to seal, to muffle, to resist wǔ 扌 吾 Left: hand 扌, right: I, my 吾 The hand of mine can cover or resist.   扳 JLPT no HSK to pull, to draw out, to turn bān, pān 扌 反 Left: hand 扌, right: contrary 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing) The hand does sth. contrary when: pulling or turning.   拴 JLPT no HSK to tie up shuān 扌 全 Left: hand 手, right: all 全 (The person 人 of the king 王 means all.) (against theft) By hand everything is tied up.   撰 JLPT no HSK to compose, to compile, write zhuàn 扌 己 共 Left: hand 扌, right: 巽 (self 己, together 共) By hand things which were 'each themselves' (= words) are made into a: 'together' (= a composition), when: composing.   拷 JLPT no HSK to beat, to flog, to copy kǎo 扌 考 耂 丂 Left: hand 扌, right: to check, verify 考 (From the ground 土 with a stick ノ the seaweed 丂 is checked.) The hand should (first) check, before it beats.   拱 JLPT no HSK to cup one's hands in salute, to surround to arch gǒng 扌 共 Left: hand 扌, right: together 共 (Put the plants 艹 on the table together) Both hands together can cup against for surrounding sth.   掺 JLPT no HSK to mix, to blend, to grasp chān, shǎn 扌 参 Left: hand 扌, right: participate 参 (Where the simplified woman ム with the big 大 hair 彡 is, I like to participate.) A hand that participates is: mixing.   拭 JLPT no HSK to wipe away stains with cloth, to clean shì 扌 式 Left: hand 扌, right: type/style 式 (Craftsmen 工 make sabers 弋 in their (preferred) type.) The hand has a good style if it wipes stains away.   捅 JLPT no HSK to poke through tǒng 扌 甬 Left: hand 扌, right: 甬 (bent person マ, use/usage 用 [A fence 用 can be used.]). The hand at the bent person is needed, when poking.   拎 JLPT no HSK to hold, lift, to carry in one's hand, to take līn, līng 扌 令 Left: hand 扌, right: order, command 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered) When the hand is ordered, it: holds.   抨 JLPT no HSK attack, impeach pēng 扌 平 Left: hand 扌, right: flat, equal 平 (= image of a scales) (When striking a clout/slap in the face) The hand is flat (open) at this attack.   攘 JLPT no HSK to reject or resist, to seize, to perturb, to steal rǎng 扌 襄 Left: hand 扌, right: to help, assist 襄 (For covering 亠 both [=two pieces 口] wells 井 with cloth 衣, I need help!) The hand can help because it can resist.   搔 JLPT no HSK to scratch, to disturb sāo 扌 叉 虫 Left: hand 扌, right: 蚤 (fork 叉, insect 虫) The hand that pricks like a hand 又 with a fork 丶 or like an insect, causes: a scratch.   掳 JLPT no HSK to capture, to seize lǔ 扌 虍 力 Left: hand 扌, right: capture, seize 虏 (With a tiger 虍 you need force 力 to capture it.) The hand: captures.   捻 JLPT no HSK twirl (in the fingers) niǎn 扌 今 心 Left: Hand 扌, right: remembrance 念 (now 今 with the heart 心 to remember) The hand remembers how to twirl.   捶 JLPT no HSK beat with the fist, to hammer, to cudgel chuí 扌 垂 Left: hand 扌, right: hang (down), droop 垂 (a vehicle 車 with a loose tire that almost drops off) The hand hangs (or moves) downwards, when: beating with the fist.   撮 JLPT no HSK to bring together, to shovel a heap, to gather cuō 扌 日 取 Left: hand 扌, right: most, extremely 最 (The sun 日 takes/captures 取 [with its shine] mostly the extreme. [to take 取 = at the ear 耳 by hand 又] The hand captures sth. extreme, when bringing things together.   揖 JLPT no HSK to greet by raising clasped hands yī 扌 口 耳 Left: hand 扌, right: 咠 (mouth 口 and ear 耳) You clasp the hands, speak (= 口) and hear: when greeting.   撩 JLPT no HSK to lift/pull up (cloth, sleeve), to tease, to provoke liāo, liáo 扌 尞 Left: hand 扌, right: 尞 (big 大, out of 丷, day 日 here: 日 as the torso of a body), small 小) With my hand I can pull up the sleeves 丷 of a jacket 大 over the body 日, as well as the pants ハ over the legs 亅, that is: pulling up.   拂 JLPT no HSK to brush away, shake off fú 扌 弗 Left: hand 扌, right: denial 弗 (A bow 弓 with two strings || is to be denied.) The hand that "denies" brushes away.   抉 JLPT no HSK to pick out, to single out jué 扌 夬 央 Left: hand: 扌/手, right: 夬 (a person 人 with a backpack コ) (When carrying this way, you have your hands free:) The hand of the person with the backpack still can: pick out / select.   撬 JLPT no HSK to pry open, to lever open, to lift qiào 扌 毛 Left: hand 扌/手, right: triple hair 毛 The hand that makes one hair into two hair has pried open.   拈 JLPT no HSK to grasp with fingers, to nip, to draw lots niān 扌 占 Left: hand 扌, right: fortune telling, to occupy 占 (Here: The stick 卜 is firm in the gripping 口 hand.) When the hand is occupying, it grasps with the fingers.   拗 JLPT no HSK break in two, to defy, disobey, stubborn, obstinate ào, ǎo, niù 扌 幺 力 Left: hand 扌, right: infant 幼 (A thread 幺/糸 with the strength 力 of an infant.) The hand of an infant: breaks things.   揩 JLPT no HSK to rub and wipe, to dust, to clean kāi 扌 皆 Left: hand 扌, right: all, everything 皆 (I compare 比 but the rays ノ of the sun 日 make it white 白: all & everything!) By hand everything can be wiped away.   搐 JLPT no HSK cramp, spasm, convulsion, twitch chù 扌 玄 田 Left: hand 扌, right: mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where an upper bracket 艹 holds threads 玄 with hanging stones 石 that are mysterious) and field 田 When the hand contracts mysteriously to a fist 田, it is: a cramp.   擂 JLPT no HSK beat, hit, to grind, to beat (a drum) léi, lèi, lēi 扌 雨 田 Left: hand 扌, right: thunder 雷 (Rain 雨 falls on the fields 田 amidst thunder.) A hand like a thunder, when: beating.   攫 JLPT no HSK to seize, to snatch, to grab jué 扌 目 隹 又 Left: hand 扌, right: 矍 (2x eye 目, to seize 隻 [... a bird 隹 by hand 又]) You need your hand and both eyes when seizing a bird with your hand: The seizing.   挝 JLPT no HSK beat, to strike zhuā 扌 辶 寸 Left: hand 扌, right: to pass through 过 (A movement 辶 of the skillful hand 寸 and you passed through.) A hand can pass through, if it beats.   抿 JLPT no HSK to smooth, purse up (lips) mǐn 扌 民 氏 Left: hand 扌, right: people, nation 民 (several times 'family' 氏 behind each others as multiplier for the people.) A hand that forms (families into) a people: smoothes.   箍 JLPT no HSK hoop, to bind with hoops, to tie around gū 竹 扌 Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: hand 扌, 匝 (enclosure 匚, cloth 巾) Take bamboo (bent as a ring) and by hand make a cover of cloth to get a hoop.   摒 JLPT no HSK to discard, to get rid of bìng 扌 尸 并 Left: hand 扌, right: reject 屏 (That the buttocks 尸 combine 并 is to be rejected) [并= When you are coming out 丷 of the open temple's gate 开, you shall be combined/united. 并] When the hand is rejecting, it discards to get rid of it.   撵 JLPT no HSK to expel, to oust niǎn 扌 夫 车 Left: hand 扌, right: 辇 (2x husband 夫 and vehicle 车/車 A hand (pushes) the gay couple (=2 husbands) on a vehicle, because they are expelled.   撂 JLPT no HSK to put down, to leave behind, to abandon or discard liào 扌 田 各 Left: hand 扌, right: field 田, every 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.) When the hands are in the field (at work), then everyone will (in the evening) put this down.   攥 JLPT no HSK to hold, to grip, to grasp zuàn 扌 算 糸 Left: hand 扌, right: to compile, edit 纂 (You have to calculate 算 and need threads 糸, when: compiling [e.g. deliveries]) The hand that compiles, has a hold on it.   捺 JLPT no HSK (downwards-right concave character stroke), press down firmly nà 扌 大 示 Left: hand 扌, right: what, how can one help 奈 The hand has sth. big 大 to show 示: It's this downward-stroke.   掖 JLPT no HSK to tuck (into a pocket), to hide, to conceal yē 扌 夜 Left: hand 扌, right: night 夜 (On the roof 亠 is a person 亻/人 watching the moon 月 during the night.) If the hand is in the 'night' it was tucked (into a pocket).   抡 JLPT no HSK whirl (one's arm), select lūn, lún 扌 仑 Left: hand 扌, right: arrange, set up 仑 (When a person 人 changes into a sitting person 匕, it is well arranged.) A hand is well arranged when it: whirls around.   擞 JLPT no HSK trembling, shake sǒu 扌 娄 攴 Left: hand 扌, right: to count, to enumerate 数 (Rice 米 seeds for a woman 女 with a stick 卜 in a hand 又 to count them.) A hand that counts is trembling.   撸 JLPT no HSK to reprimand, to fire (an employee), to rub lū 扌 鲁 魚 Left: hand 扌, right: stupid, clumsy 鲁 (Putting the fish 鱼/魚 in the sun 日 is stupid and clumsy.) The hand that is stupid is reprimanded.
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