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.

• 押yā🔊

  to mortgage

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 招zhāo🔊

  to recruit

  HSK 6

  8 strokes

• 拨bō🔊

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

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 拔bá🔊

  to pull up

  HSK 5

  8 strokes

• 拦lán🔊

  to block sb's path

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 拧níng🔊

  to pinch

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 拐guǎi🔊

  cane

  HSK 6

  8 strokes

• 拎līn🔊

  to lift up; to carry in one's hand

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 承chéng🔊

  to bear

  8 strokes

• 披pī🔊

  to drape over one's shoulders

  HSK 5

  8 strokes

• 拌bàn🔊

  to mix

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 拥yōng🔊

  to hold in one's arms; to embrace

  8 strokes

• 拣jiǎn🔊

  to choose

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 抵dǐ🔊

  to press against; to support; to prop up

  8 strokes

• 拚pàn🔊

  to strive for

  8 strokes

• 担dān🔊

  to undertake

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 拘jū🔊

  to capture

  8 strokes

• 拓tà🔊

  to make a rubbing (e.g. of an inscription)

  8 strokes

• 㧟kuǎi🔊

  (dialect) to scratch (an itch)

  8 strokes

• 抦bǐng🔊

  old variant of 秉[bing3]

  8 strokes

• 抨pēng🔊

  attack

  8 strokes

• 抴yè🔊

  to pull

  8 strokes

• 抶chì🔊

  beat

  8 strokes

• 抻chēn🔊

  to pull

  8 strokes

• 抿mǐn🔊

  to smooth hair with a wet brush

  8 strokes

• 拂fú🔊

  to flick

  8 strokes

• 拃zhǎ🔊

  span (unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand)

  8 strokes

• 拄zhǔ🔊

  to lean on

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 拇mǔ🔊

  thumb

  8 strokes

• 拈niān🔊

  to nip

  8 strokes

• 拊fǔ🔊

  pat

  8 strokes

• 拑qián🔊

  pliers

  8 strokes

• 拗ào🔊

  variant of 拗[ao4]

  8 strokes

• 拙zhuō🔊

  awkward

  8 strokes

• 拢lǒng🔊

  to gather together; to collect

  8 strokes

• 拤qiá🔊

  to grip with both hands

  8 strokes

• 择zé🔊

  to select

  8 strokes

• 挺tǐng🔊

  straight

  HSK 2

  9 strokes

• 按àn🔊

  to press

  HSK 3

  9 strokes

• 指zhǐ🔊

  finger

  HSK 3

  9 strokes

• 拜bài🔊

  to bow to; to pay one's respects

  9 strokes

• 挂guà🔊

  to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc)

  HSK 3

  9 strokes

• 挖wā🔊

  to dig

  HSK 6

  9 strokes

• 挑tiāo🔊

  to carry on a shoulder pole

  HSK 4

  9 strokes

• 挡dǎng🔊

  to resist

  HSK 5

  9 strokes

• 拼pīn🔊

  to piece together; to put together

  HSK 5

  9 strokes

• 挤jǐ🔊

  to crowd in

  HSK 5

  9 strokes

• 挣zhēng🔊

  used in 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2]

  HSK 5

  9 strokes