shoushǒu

hand

is a component form of , which is a pictograph of a hand.

Evolution

扌 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
扌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
扌 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
扌 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

shou

hand; radical number 64

 

shǒu

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in , , etc

Component uses

Meaning component in 337 characters (107 verified)

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

𢳎

Simplified component in 2 characters (2 verified)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Unicode

U+624C

Shuowen

“手,拳也。象形。,古文手。”


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