The radical 手 (shǒu) means “hand” and is used as a graphical component of Chinese characters.
Written variants: 扌.
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Characters with radical
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找
(v.) give change | (v.) look for
把
(prep.) (used before a noun or noun phrases) showing the influence on somebody or something dealt with | (m.) a measure word for something with a handle | (v.) to hold, to manipulate, to control, to watch | (n.) handlebars (of bike); bundle, bunch | (m.) (dialect) a measure word for people of special skills | (par.) about, more or less, approximately (used after numerals or measure words) | (v.) to hold (a baby's legs apart to let it relieve itself) | (char.) (old) sworn brotherhood | (n.) handle; stem (of flower or fruit)
搬
(v.) to carry, to haul, to transport, to move; to change residence; to adapt and show; to apply indiscriminately
抬
(v./m.) raise; (of two or more persons) carry, move; (oral) argue, bicker; measure word for things carried by two persons
提
(v.) mention; bring forward; draw, extract; summon (a prisoner for interrogation) | (v.) to carry (in the hand with the arm down); lift, raise; move up (a date) | (n.) rising stroke of Chinese character | (char.) beware of
挺
(adv./v.) extraordinarily, very, quite; to stick out (physically); to endure, to stand | (char./m.) erect, upright; outstanding; measure word for machine guns
推
(v.) push; cut; grind; promote; postpone; elect; praise highly; infer; decline; refuse on a certain context
指
(n./v.) finger; to point to/at; to point out; to refer to; to depend on | (char./m.) (of one's hair) to stand on end; finger-breadth, digit
摆
(v.) to arrange, lay, or put; to put on or affect (an attitude, a look) | (v.) to sway, wag, or wave | (n.) pendulum (of a clock) | (n.) lower part (of upper garments); hem or bottom (of a skirt)
捐
(v./n.) contribute, donate; relinquish, abandon; contribution, levy
拦
(v.) to hinder, to bar, to block; be directed right at
摸
(v.) stroke, touch, feel; fish for, fumble; try to find out; go in the dark, grope for
拍
(v./n.) clap, slap; take (a photo); send (a telegram); flatter, fawn on; racket; (music) beat
批
(char./m.) wholesale; (lit.) to slap; batch, lot, group | (v.) criticize; write comments on (report from a subordinate); to buy in batch | (n.) (spoken Chinese, usu. with er sound) untwisted fibers of cotton or flax in thin strips ready to be drawn and twisted
披
(v.) drape, wrap around; wear, put on; open, unroll; split or crack (open); hang down loosely
抢
(v.) plunder, rob, grab; compete for; rush; scrape, scratch | (v.) go into the opposite direction, go against, (lit) bump against, knock
撕
(v.) tear, rip, pull apart
摇
(v.) shake, rock
摘
(v.) pick, pluck; select, make extracts from; scold, reprimand; (oral) borrow money (in urgent need)
挣
(v.) to earn, to make; to struggle to get free | (char.) to struggle (only used in 挣扎)
抓
(v.) grab, clutch; master, grasp; scratch; pay special attention to; take charge of; control, attract; arrest
撞
(v.) collide, run into, bump against; rush, dash; meet by chance; try one's luck
