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手 — 4 strokes ／ Radical「手」

道
10Elementary year 1 ／ 4 strokes ／ Radical「手」
On
シュしゅ · shu
Kun
て・たte · ta
Meaning
hand

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Stroke-order animation, origin, compounds and an example in 60 seconds.

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A picture of a hand with five fingers.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシュしゅshu手腕しゅわん挙手きょしゅ選手せんしゅ
Kunてte手て手柄てがら素手すで
Kunたta手綱たづな手繰るたぐる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 手て

    hand

  • 上手じょうず

    skillful

More words with this kanji

  • 切手きって
  • 手首てくび
  • 聞き手ききて
  • 歌手かしゅ
  • 手紙てがみ
  • 苦手にがて

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

手(て)を あらいます。

I wash my hands.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

上手手上up折to fol…承to rec…挘to plu…挈to car…挙raise主master朱vermil…戍to gua…守protec…侏short…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 手Map of reading シュAll maps

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