手 (shǒu)
hand
How 手 is written
- Strokes
- 4
- Traditional
- 手
- Simplified
- 手 (unchanged)
Common words using 手
- 分手 fēnshǒu
- to split up; to break up
- 手機 shǒujī
- cell phone; mobile phone; CL:部[bu4],支[zhi1]
- 一手 yīshǒu
- a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself
- 上手 shàngshǒu
- to obtain; to master; overhand (serve etc)
- 下手 xiàshǒu
- to start; to put one's hand to; to set about
- 二手 èrshǒu
- indirectly acquired; second-hand (information, equipment etc); assistant
- 二手房 èrshǒufáng
- second-hand house; house acquired indirectly through a middle-man
- 人手 rénshǒu
- manpower; staff; human hand
- 伸手 shēnshǒu
- to hold out a hand; to ask for sth
- 兇手 xiōngshǒu
- murderer; assassin
- 入手 rùshǒu
- to begin; to set one's hand to
- 出手 chūshǒu
- to put one's hand to sth
手 in a sentence
吃飯前要先洗手。
Chīfàn qián yào xiān xǐshǒu.
“You must wash your hands before eating.”
How common is 手?
手 is the 143rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 48.8% of all running text.
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