IDENTITY
手shǒuhand
HSK 2Top 33
CORE MEANING
hand
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.handHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 手hand radical (shǒu)
- strokes
- 4
- Structure
- single pictograph
- IDS sequence
- 手
USAGE
Common words
手机shǒujīcell phone
手表shǒubiǎowristwatch
洗手xǐshǒuto wash hands
Graded examples
我用手机拍了一张照片。Wǒ yòng shǒujī pāi le yì zhāng zhàopiàn.HSK2
I took a photo with my phone.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 毛
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
Five fingers spread — a hand.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #33
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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