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(shǒu) - hand; first, leading in Mandarin

shǒu

Traditional: 手

Line drawing of 手
Coloured illustration of 手
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#424 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

hand; first, leading

Word origin

手 (shǒu) means 'hand'. It is a pictograph of a hand with the fingers and wrist, one of the oldest hand graphs, and serves as the radical (扌) in many characters for actions done with the hands.

Origin
pictograph
Root
a hand with spread fingers

Stroke order

Stroke order for 手

手

Examples

。

Washing your hands is important.

。

Her hands are very cold.

。

He is an expert.

。

My hands are very cold.

举jǔ。

Raise your hand to answer the question.

手 (shǒu) - hand; first, leading.

Appears in 11 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 手.

手机shǒu jīmobile phone, cell phone住手zhù shǒustop it, hands off凶手xiōng shǒumurderer, killer杀手shā shǒukiller, assassin, hitman分手fēn shǒuto break up, to split up, to part手下shǒu xiàsubordinate, underling, under one's command手指shǒu zhǐfinger动手dòng shǒuto start work, to get to work, to lay hands on把手bǎ shǒuhandle, grip放手fàng shǒuto let go, to give a free hand, to release one's grip手术shǒu shùsurgery, operation

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