手

On the HSK 2 vocabulary list, at CEFR level A1.

shǒu ㄕㄡˇ

    • hand
    • to hold

      formal

    • person engaged in certain types of work
    • person skilled in certain types of work
    • personal(ly)
    • convenient
    • classifier for skill

Other words read shǒu

In the same tone

Other words read shǒu

In the same tone

How 手 is written

    部首 radical
    手
    笔画 strokes
    4
    结构 structure
    独体字

    手 as a 部首

    手 is a 部首 (bùshǒu), a radical. A Chinese dictionary files every character under one of them, and this one files 480 under 手. Look a character up by the 手 radical

    Easy to confuse with 手

    Words with 手

    Words with 手

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