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.

• 拽zhuài🔊

  to pull

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 挪nuó🔊

  to shift

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 持chí🔊

  to hold

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 拷kǎo🔊

  to beat

  9 strokes

• 挠náo🔊

  to scratch

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 拴shuān🔊

  to tie up

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 挥huī🔊

  to wave

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 拾shí🔊

  to pick up

  HSK 5

  9 strokes

• 拱gǒng🔊

  to cup one's hands in salute

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 㧯lǎo🔊

  round-bottomed wicker basket

  9 strokes

• 㧰lüè🔊

  (old) to beat

  9 strokes

• 拪qiān🔊

  old variant of 遷|迁[qian1]

  9 strokes

• 拫hén🔊

  to pull

  9 strokes

• 括kuò🔊

  (bound form) to tie up; to tighten up

  9 strokes

• 拭shì🔊

  to wipe

  9 strokes

• 拮jié🔊

  antagonistic

  9 strokes

• 拯zhěng🔊

  to raise

  9 strokes

• 拶zā🔊

  (literary) to force; to coerce

  9 strokes

• 挊nòng🔊

  old variant of 弄[nong4]

  9 strokes

• 挌gé🔊

  fight

  9 strokes

• 挍jiào🔊

  compare

  9 strokes

• 挎kuà🔊

  to carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 挓zhā🔊

  to open out

  9 strokes

• 挔lǚ🔊

  erroneous variant of 旅[lu : 3]

  9 strokes

• 挜yà🔊

  attach

  9 strokes

• 挝wō🔊

  used 老撾|老挝[Lao3 wo1]

  9 strokes

• 挞tà🔊

  (bound form) to whip; to flog

  9 strokes

• 挟xié🔊

  (bound form) to clasp under the arm

  9 strokes

• 挢jiǎo🔊

  to raise

  9 strokes

• 挦xián🔊

  to pull out (esp. hair or feathers)

  9 strokes

• 捓yé🔊

  old variant of 揶[ye2]

  9 strokes

• 𢬍yè🔊

  to press down

  9 strokes

• 拿ná🔊

  HSK 1

  10 strokes

• 换huàn🔊

  to exchange

  HSK 2

  10 strokes

• 捉zhuō🔊

  to clutch

  HSK 6

  10 strokes

• 捡jiǎn🔊

  to pick up; to collect; to gather

  HSK 6

  10 strokes

• 捅tǒng🔊

  to poke; to jab

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 挨āi🔊

  in order; in sequence

  HSK 6

  10 strokes

• 拳quán🔊

  fist

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 捏niē🔊

  variant of 捏[nie1]

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 捐juān🔊

  to relinquish; to abandon

  HSK 6

  10 strokes

• 捞lāo🔊

  to fish up

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 捣dǎo🔊

  to pound

  10 strokes

• 捎shāo🔊

  to bring sth to sb

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 捆kǔn🔊

  a bunch

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 捕bǔ🔊

  to catch; to seize; to capture

  HSK 6

  10 strokes

• 振zhèn🔊

  to shake

  10 strokes

• 捂wǔ🔊

  to enclose

  HSK 7

  10 strokes