The 手 radical, “hand”
手
Read shou. 4 strokes.
Inside a character it is also written 扌.
Here are 15 common characters that all carry this radical. It is painted red in each of them; what stays black is what tells them apart.
- bǎ to hold
- tí to carry
- dǎ to beat
- bào to report
- jiē to receive
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- jù to depend on
- lā to pull
- pái a row
- tuō to trust
- jì skill
- zhǎo to try to find
- tuī to push
- tóu to throw
- hù to protect
Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.