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手
Radical 64 (U+2F3F)
手 (U+624B) "hand"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	shǒu
Bopomofo:	ㄕㄡˇ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:	shoou
Wade–Giles:	shou3
Cantonese Yale:	sáu
Jyutping:	sau2
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:	siú
Japanese Kana:	シュウ shū (on'yomi) て te (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:	수 su
Names
Chinese name(s):	(扌) 提手旁 tíshǒupáng (Bottom) 手字底 shǒuzìdǐ
Japanese name(s):	手/て te (扌) 手偏/てへん tehen
Hangul:	손 son (扌) 재방변/才傍邊 jaebangbyeon
Stroke order animation

Stroke order of the left component form 扌

Radical 64 or radical hand (手部) meaning "hand" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.

When appearing as a left-side component, this radical is almost always written as 扌 (notable exceptions: 拜, although Japanese shinjitai analogizes it to 拝; and dialectal characters 掰, 搿), while it becomes a vertically compressed 手 when appearing as a bottom component.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 1203 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

手 is also the 80th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with 扌 being its associated indexing component.

Evolution

Compare 又, 寸, 彐, 毛 and 爪; Unrelated to テ which is from 天.

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  Bronze script
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  Chu slip and silk script
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  Qin slip script
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  Shuowen ancient script
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  Large seal script
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  Small seal script

才

Compare 弋; unrelated to katakana オ which is from 於.

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  Oracle bone script
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  Bronze script
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  Large seal script
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  Small seal script

Derived characters

Strokes	Characters
+0	手 扌Component only 才
+1	扎
+2	扐 扑 (also SC form of 撲) 扒 打 扔 払JP (=拂) 扖 扏
+3	扗 托 扙 扚 扛 扜 扝 扞 扟 扠 扡 扢 扣 扤 扥 扦 执SC (=執 -> 土) 扨 扩SC (=擴) 扪SC (=捫) 扫SC (=掃) 扬SC (=揚)
+4	扭 扮 扯 扰SC (=擾) 扱 扲 扳 扴 扵 (=於 -> 方) 扶 扷 扸 批 扺 扻 扼 扽 找 承 技 抁 抂 抃 抄 抅 抆 抇 抈 抉 把 抋 抌 抍 抎 抏 抐 抑 抒 抓 抔 投 抖 抗 折 抙 抚SC (=撫) 抛SC (=拋) 抜JP (=拔) 抝 択JP (=擇) 抟SC (=摶) 抠SC (=摳) 抡SC (=掄) 抢SC (=搶) 抣 护SC (=護 -> 言) 报SC (=報 -> 土) 拒SC variant
+5	抦 抧 抨 抩 抪 披 抬 抭 抮 抯 抰 抱 抳 抴 抵 抶 抷 抸 抹 抺 抻 押 抽 抾 抿 拀 拁 拂 拃 拄 担SC/JP (=擔) 拆 拇 拈 拉 拊 拋 拌 拍 拎 拏 拐SC/拐TC 拑 拒TC/JP variant 拓 拔SC/拔TC 拕 拖 拗 拘 拙 拚 招 拜 拝JP (=拜) 拞 拟SC (=擬) 拠JP (=據) 拡JP (=擴) 拢SC (=攏) 拣SC (=揀) 拤 拥SC (=擁) 拦SC (=攔) 拧SC (=擰) 拨SC (=撥) 择SC (=擇)
+6	拪 拫 括 拭 拮 拯 拰 拱 拲 拳 拴 拵 拶 拷 拸 拹 拺 拻 拼 拽 拾 拿 挀 持 挂 挃 挄 挅 挆 指 挈 按 挊 挋 挌 挍 挎 挏 挐 挑 挒 挓 挔 挕 挖 挗 挘 挙JP (=舉) 挚SC (=摯) 挛SC (=攣) 挜SC (=掗) 挝SC (=撾) 挞SC (=撻) 挟SC/JP (=挾) 挠SC (=撓) 挡SC (=擋) 挢SC (=撟) 挣SC (=掙) 挤SC (=擠) 挥SC (=揮) 挦SC (=撏) 挧
+7	挨 挩 挪 挫 挬 挭 挮 振 挰 挱 挲 挳 挴 挵 挶 挷 挸 挹 挺 挻 挼 挽 挾 挿JP (=插) 捀 捁 捂 捃 捄 捅 捆 捇 捈 捉 捊 捋 捌 捍 捎 捏 捐 捑 捒 捓 捔 捕 捖 捘 捙 捚 捛 捜 捝SC (=挩) 捞SC (=撈) 损SC (=損) 捠 捡SC (=撿) 换SC (=換) 捣SC (=搗) 捤
+8	捗 捥 捦 捧 捨TC/捨JP 捩 捪 捫 捬 捭 据 捯 捰 捱 捳 捴 (=總 -> 糸) 捵 捶SC/JP variant 捷 捸 捹 捺 捻 捼 捽 捾 捿 掀 掁 掂 掃 掄 掅 掆 掇 授 掉 掊 掋 掌 掍 掎 掏 掐 掑 排 掓 掔 掕 掖 掗 掘 掙 掚 掛 掜 掝 掞 掟 掠 採 探 掣 掤 接 掦 控 推 掩 措 掫 掬 掭 掮 掯 掰 掱 掲JP (=揭) 掳SC (=擄) 掴SC/JP (=摑) 掵JP 掶 (=捷) 掷SC (=擲) 掸SC (=撣) 掹 掺SC (=摻) 掻JP (=搔) 掼SC (=摜) 掽 (=碰 -> 石) 掿SC variant 描SC/JP variant
+9	捶TC variant 捲 掾 掿TC variant 揀 揁 揂 揃 揄 揅 揆 揇 揈 揉 揊 揋 揌 揍 揎 描TC variant 提 揑 (=捏) 插 揓 揔 揕 揖 揗 揘 揙 揚 換 揜 揝 揞 揟 揠 握 揢 揣 揤 揥 揦 揧 揨 揩 揪 揫 揬 揭 揮 揯 揰 揱 揲 揳 援 揵 揶 揷 (=插) 揸 揹 揺JP (=搖) 揻 揼 揽SC (=攬) 揾SC/HK (=搵) 揿SC (=撳) 搀SC (=攙) 搁SC (=擱) 搂SC (=摟) 搃 搄SC (=揯) 搅SC (=攪) 搑SC variant 搓SC variant 搔SC variant 搥SC variant 搭SC variant 搰SC variant 搽SC variant
+10	搆 搇 搈 搉 搊 搋 搌 損 搎 搏 搐 搑TC variant 搒 搓TC variant 搔TC variant 搕 搖 搗 搘 搙 搚 搛 搜 搝 搞 搟 搠 搡 搢SC/搢TC 搣 搤 搥TC variant 搦 搧 搨 搩 搪 搫 搬 搭TC variant 搮 搯 搰TC variant 搱 搲 搳 搴 搵 搶 搷 搸 搹 携SC/JP (=攜) 搻 搼 搽TC variant 搾JP/variant (=榨 -> 木) 搿 摀 摁 摂JP (=攝) 摃 摄SC (=攝) 摅SC (=攄) 摆SC (=擺) 摇SC (=搖) 摈SC (=擯) 摉 摊SC (=攤) 摸SC/JP variant 摋GB TC variant 摓SC variant 摙GB TC variant 撶GB TC variant
+11	摸TC variant 抲 摋Traditional variant 摌 摍 摎 摏 摐 摑 摒 摓TC variant 摔 摕 摖 摗 摘 摙Traditional variant 摚 摛 摜 摝 摞 摟 摠 摡 摢 摣 摤 摥 摦 摧 摨 摩 摪 摫 摬 摭 摮 摯 摰 摱 摲 摳 摴 摵 摶 摷 摹 摺 摻 摼 摽 摾TC variant 摿 撀 撁 撂 撃JP (=擊) 撄SC (=攖) 撾GB TC variant 擆SC variant 撖SC variant 撗SC variant 撯SC variant
+12	摾SC variant 撅 撆 撇 撈 撉 撊 撋 撌 撍 撎 撏 撐 撑SC/variant (=撐) 撒 撓 撔 撕 撖TC variant 撗TC variant 撘 撙 撚 撛 撜 撝 撞 撟 撠 撡 (=操) 撢 撣 撤 撥 撦 撧 撨 撩 撪 撫 撬 播 撮 撯TC variant 撰 撱 撲 撳 撴 撵 撶Traditional variant 撷SC (=擷) 撸SC (=擼) 撹JP (=攪) 撺SC (=攛) 撻GB TC variant 擎SC/JP variant 擏SC variant 擆TC variant 擖SC variant 擙SC variant 擛SC variant
+13	撻Traditional variant 撼 撽 撾Traditional variant 撿 擀 擁 擂 擃 擄 擅 擇 擈 擉 擊 擋 擌 操 擎TC variant 擏TC variant 擐 擑 擒 擓 擔 擕 (=攜) 擖TC variant 擗 擘 擙TC variant 據 擛TC variant 擜SC (=㩵) 擝 (=掹) 擞SC (=擻)
+14	擟 擠 擡 擢 擣 擤 擥 擦 擧 (=舉) 擨 擩 擪 擫 擬 擭 擮 擯 擰 擱 擴GB TC variant 攁SC variant 擿SC variant 攃SC variant
+15	擲 擳 擴Traditional variant 擵 擶 擷 擸 擹 擺 擻 擼 擽 擾 擿TC variant 攀 攁TC variant 攂 攃TC variant 攄 攅JP nonstandard (=攢) 攆
+16	攇 攈 攉 攊 攋 攌 攍 攎 攏 攐 攒SC (=攢)
+17	攑 攓 攔 攕 攖 攗 攘 攙 攚
+18	攛 攜 攝
+19	攞 攟 攠 攡 (=摛) 攢 攣 攤 攦 攧
+20	攥 攨 攩 攪 攫
+21	攬 攭
+22	攮

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a first grade kanji.

Literature

• Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
• Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.

External links

• Unihan Database - U+624B