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.

• 掉diào🔊

  to fall

  HSK 2

  11 strokes

• 接jiē🔊

  to receive

  HSK 2

  11 strokes

• 挂guà🔊

  to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc)

  HSK 3

  11 strokes

• 推tuī🔊

  to push

  HSK 2

  11 strokes

• 卷juǎn🔊

  to roll up

  HSK 4

  11 strokes

• 据jù🔊

  variant of 據|据[ju4]

  HSK 6

  11 strokes

• 排pái🔊

  to arrange in order; to line up

  HSK 2

  11 strokes

• 挣zhēng🔊

  used in 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2]

  HSK 5

  11 strokes

• 扫sǎo🔊

  to sweep (with a brush or broom)

  HSK 4

  11 strokes

• 捧pěng🔊

  to hold or offer with both hands

  HSK 7

  11 strokes

• 探tàn🔊

  to explore

  HSK 7

  11 strokes

• 掷zhì🔊

  to toss

  11 strokes

• 掐qiā🔊

  to pick (flowers)

  HSK 7

  11 strokes

• 采cǎi🔊

  to pick

  HSK 7

  11 strokes

• 掠lüè🔊

  to take over by force

  11 strokes

• 掏tāo🔊

  variant of 掏[tao1]

  HSK 6

  11 strokes

• 捱ái🔊

  variant of 挨[ai2]

  11 strokes

• 舍shě🔊

  old variant of 捨|舍[she3]

  11 strokes

• 掀xiān🔊

  to lift (a lid)

  HSK 7

  11 strokes

• 掘jué🔊

  to dig

  11 strokes

• 描miáo🔊

  to depict

  11 strokes

• 掸dǎn🔊

  to brush away

  11 strokes

• 掴guāi🔊

  to slap

  11 strokes

• 捶chuí🔊

  to beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound

  HSK 7

  11 strokes

• 掂diān🔊

  to weigh in the hand

  11 strokes

• 掖yē🔊

  to tuck (into a pocket)

  11 strokes

• 控kòng🔊

  to control

  11 strokes

• 掺chān🔊

  to mix; to blend; to dilute; to adulterate

  HSK 7

  11 strokes

• 掩yǎn🔊

  to cover up; to conceal

  11 strokes

• 抡lūn🔊

  to swing (one's arms, a heavy object)

  HSK 7

  11 strokes

• 捷jié🔊

  variant of 捷[jie2]

  11 strokes

• 㨃duǐ🔊

  variant of 懟|怼[dui3]

  11 strokes

• 挲sā🔊

  used in 摩挲[ma1 sa5]

  11 strokes

• 捥wàn🔊

  to bend the wrist

  11 strokes

• 捩liè🔊

  tear

  11 strokes

• 扪mén🔊

  lay hands on

  11 strokes

• 捭bǎi🔊

  to spread out

  11 strokes

• 捯dáo🔊

  (coll.) to reel in (string, yarn etc) by pulling hand over hand or by coiling

  11 strokes

• 捺nà🔊

  to press down firmly

  11 strokes

• 捻niǎn🔊

  to twirl (in the fingers)

  11 strokes

• 捼ruó🔊

  to rub

  11 strokes

• 捽zuó🔊

  to seize

  11 strokes

• 掇duō🔊

  to pick up; to collect; to gather up

  11 strokes

• 授shòu🔊

  (bound form) to confer; to give

  11 strokes

• 掊póu🔊

  take up in both hands

  11 strokes

• 掍hùn🔊

  edging (of a dress etc)

  11 strokes

• 掎jǐ🔊

  drag

  11 strokes

• 挜yà🔊

  attach

  11 strokes