The 手 radical, “hand”
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.
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bǎ to hold
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tí to carry
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dǎ to beat
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bào to report
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jiē to receive
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zhǐ finger
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lā to pull
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tuī to push
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tóu to throw
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hù to protect
- jù to depend on
- pái a row
- tuō to trust
- jì skill
- zhǎo to try to find
Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.