shǒu

hand

How it’s built

Pictograph of a hand with five fingers.

Through the ages

Bronze script

Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 手 as a component, most common first.

看kànto look 失shīto lose 举jǔto raise 拿náto bring 掌zhǎngin charge 摩móto scour 拜bàito bow 摹móto trace 擎qíngto lift 掣chèto pull 舉jǔto raise 叚jiǎfalse 擊jīto strike 攣luántangled

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