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手
手
手 (U+624B) "hand"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	shǒu
Bopomofo:	ㄕㄡˇ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:	shoou
Wade–Giles:	shou3
Cantonese Yale:	sáu
Jyutping:	sau2
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:	siú
Japanese Kana:	シュウ shū (on'yomi); て te (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:	수 su
Names
Chinese name(s):	(扌) 提手旁 tíshǒupáng; (Bottom) 手字底 shǒuzìdǐ
Japanese name(s):	手/て te; (扌) 手偏/てへん tehen
Hangul:	손 son; (扌) 재방변/才傍邊 jaebangbyeon
Stroke order animation

Stroke order of the left component form 扌

Radical 64 or radical hand (手部) meaning "hand" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.

When appearing as a left-side component, this radical is almost always written as 扌 (notable exceptions: 拜, although Japanese shinjitai analogizes it to 拝; and dialectal characters 掰, 搿), while it becomes a vertically compressed 手 when appearing as a bottom component.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 1203 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

手 is also the 80th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with 扌 being its associated indexing component.

Evolution

Bronze script character
Large seal script character
Small seal script character

Derived characters

Strokes	Characters
+0	手扌^{Component only} 才
+1	扎
+2	扐扑 (also SC form of 撲) 扒打扔払^JP (=拂) 扖扏
+3	扗托扙扚扛扜扝扞扟扠扡扢扣扤扥扦执^SC (=執 -> 土) 扨扩^SC (=擴) 扪^SC (=捫) 扫^SC (=掃) 扬^SC (=揚)
+4	扭扮扯扰^SC (=擾) 扱扲扳扴扵 (=於 -> 方) 扶扷扸批扺扻扼扽找承技抁抂抃抄抅抆抇抈抉把抋抌抍抎抏抐抑抒抓抔投抖抗折抙抚^SC (=撫) 抛^SC (=拋) 抜^JP (=拔) 抝択^JP (=擇) 抟^SC (=摶) 抠^SC (=摳) 抡^SC (=掄) 抢^SC (=搶) 抣护^SC (=護 -> 言) 报^SC (=報 -> 土) 拒^{SC variant}
+5	抦抧抨抩抪披抬抭抮抯抰抱抳抴抵抶抷抸抹抺抻押抽抾抿拀拁拂拃拄担^SC/JP (=擔) 拆拇拈拉拊拋拌拍拎拏拐^SC/拐^TC 拑拒^{TC/JP variant} 拓拔^SC/拔^TC 拕拖拗拘拙拚招拜拝^JP (=拜) 拞拟^SC (=擬) 拠^JP (=據) 拡^JP (=擴) 拢^SC (=攏) 拣^SC (=揀) 拤拥^SC (=擁) 拦^SC (=攔) 拧^SC (=擰) 拨^SC (=撥) 择^SC (=擇)
+6	拪拫括拭拮拯拰拱拲拳拴拵拶拷拸拹拺拻拼拽拾拿挀持挂挃挄挅挆指挈按挊挋挌挍挎挏挐挑挒挓挔挕挖挗挘挙^JP (=舉) 挚^SC (=摯) 挛^SC (=攣) 挜^SC (=掗) 挝^SC (=撾) 挞^SC (=撻) 挟^SC/JP (=挾) 挠^SC (=撓) 挡^SC (=擋) 挢^SC (=撟) 挣^SC (=掙) 挤^SC (=擠) 挥^SC (=揮) 挦^SC (=撏) 挧
+7	挨挩挪挫挬挭挮振挰挱挲挳挴挵挶挷挸挹挺挻挼挽挾挿^JP (=插) 捀捁捂捃捄捅捆捇捈捉捊捋捌捍捎捏捐捑捒捓捔捕捖捘捙捚捛捜捝^SC (=挩) 捞^SC (=撈) 损^SC (=損) 捠捡^SC (=撿) 换^SC (=換) 捣^SC (=搗) 捤
+8	捗捥捦捧捨^TC/捨^JP 捩捪捫捬捭据捯捰捱捳捴 (=總 -> 糸) 捵捶^{SC/JP variant} 捷捸捹捺捻捼捽捾捿掀掁掂掃掄掅掆掇授掉掊掋掌掍掎掏掐掑排掓掔掕掖掗掘掙掚掛掜掝掞掟掠採探掣掤接掦控推掩措掫掬掭掮掯掰掱掲^JP (=揭) 掳^SC (=擄) 掴^SC/JP (=摑) 掵^JP 掶 (=捷) 掷^SC (=擲) 掸^SC (=撣) 掹掺^SC (=摻) 掻^JP (=搔) 掼^SC (=摜) 掽 (=碰 -> 石) 掿^{SC variant} 描^{SC/JP variant}
+9	捶^{TC variant} 捲掾掿^{TC variant} 揀揁揂揃揄揅揆揇揈揉揊揋揌揍揎描^{TC variant} 提揑 (=捏) 插揓揔揕揖揗揘揙揚換揜揝揞揟揠握揢揣揤揥揦揧揨揩揪揫揬揭揮揯揰揱揲揳援揵揶揷 (=插) 揸揹揺^JP (=搖) 揻揼揽^SC (=攬) 揾^SC/HK (=搵) 揿^SC (=撳) 搀^SC (=攙) 搁^SC (=擱) 搂^SC (=摟) 搃搄^SC (=揯) 搅^SC (=攪) 搑^{SC variant} 搓^{SC variant} 搔^{SC variant} 搥^{SC variant} 搭^{SC variant} 搰^{SC variant} 搽^{SC variant}
+10	搆搇搈搉搊搋搌損搎搏搐搑^{TC variant} 搒搓^{TC variant} 搔^{TC variant} 搕搖搗搘搙搚搛搜搝搞搟搠搡搢^SC/搢^TC 搣搤搥^{TC variant} 搦搧搨搩搪搫搬搭^{TC variant} 搮搯搰^{TC variant} 搱搲搳搴搵搶搷搸搹携^SC/JP (=攜) 搻搼搽^{TC variant} 搾^JP/variant (=榨 -> 木) 搿摀摁摂^JP (=攝) 摃摄^SC (=攝) 摅^SC (=攄) 摆^SC (=擺) 摇^SC (=搖) 摈^SC (=擯) 摉摊^SC (=攤) 摸^{SC/JP variant} 摋^{GB TC variant} 摓^{SC variant} 摙^{GB TC variant} 撶^{GB TC variant}
+11	摸^{TC variant} 抲摋^{Traditional variant} 摌摍摎摏摐摑摒摓^{TC variant} 摔摕摖摗摘摙^{Traditional variant} 摚摛摜摝摞摟摠摡摢摣摤摥摦摧摨摩摪摫摬摭摮摯摰摱摲摳摴摵摶摷摹摺摻摼摽摾^{TC variant} 摿撀撁撂撃^JP (=擊) 撄^SC (=攖) 撾^{GB TC variant} 擆^{SC variant} 撖^{SC variant} 撗^{SC variant} 撯^{SC variant}
+12	摾^{SC variant} 撅撆撇撈撉撊撋撌撍撎撏撐撑^SC/variant (=撐) 撒撓撔撕撖^{TC variant} 撗^{TC variant} 撘撙撚撛撜撝撞撟撠撡 (=操) 撢撣撤撥撦撧撨撩撪撫撬播撮撯^{TC variant} 撰撱撲撳撴撵撶^{Traditional variant} 撷^SC (=擷) 撸^SC (=擼) 撹^JP (=攪) 撺^SC (=攛) 撻^{GB TC variant} 擎^{SC/JP variant} 擏^{SC variant} 擆^{TC variant} 擖^{SC variant} 擙^{SC variant} 擛^{SC variant}
+13	撻^{Traditional variant} 撼撽撾^{Traditional variant} 撿擀擁擂擃擄擅擇擈擉擊擋擌操擎^{TC variant} 擏^{TC variant} 擐擑擒擓擔擕 (=攜) 擖^{TC variant} 擗擘擙^{TC variant} 據擛^{TC variant} 擜^SC (=㩵) 擝 (=掹) 擞^SC (=擻)
+14	擟擠擡擢擣擤擥擦擧 (=舉) 擨擩擪擫擬擭擮擯擰擱擴^{GB TC variant} 攁^{SC variant} 擿^{SC variant} 攃^{SC variant}
+15	擲擳擴^{Traditional variant} 擵擶擷擸擹擺擻擼擽擾擿^{TC variant} 攀攁^{TC variant} 攂攃^{TC variant} 攄攅^{JP nonstandard} (=攢) 攆
+16	攇攈攉攊攋攌攍攎攏攐攒^SC (=攢)
+17	攑攓攔攕攖攗攘攙攚
+18	攛攜攝
+19	攞攟攠攡 (=摛) 攢攣攤攦攧
+20	攥攨攩攪攫
+21	攬攭
+22	攮

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.^[1] It is a first grade kanji.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

Literature

Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.