Character Details
| hand | Ascii: 25163 | w303 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanyu | Pinyin | Phonetics | Tone | Category | Alternative Sounds | ||
| 手 扌 才 | shǒu | shoh | 3 | 2 | |||
| Frequency | Equation | Components | Wikitionary | Picture | |||
| >327 | N/A | N/A | 手 扌 才 link |  | |||
| Story | Notes | ||||||
| This pictograph actually really works if you look at it as a hand with fingers spread and middle finger pointing down. see the very top stroke as the edge of a shirt cuff, and it will all come together. | In oracle-bone inscriptions, the form of this character was an abstract depiction of five fingers with the lower part of the arm. The smaller form of 'hand' is used as a component in certain compounds. It is known as the 'cutting hand' | ||||||
| Examples | |||||||
| 1. Where's the bathroom? | 2. --Research Pending-- | ||||||
| Strokes | |||||||
| Not available | |||||||