A kanji
手
hand
- 4 strokes
- Taught in grade 1 (kyōiku kanji)
- No. 60 of 2,500 in newspapers
On'yomi
シュ、ズ
Kun'yomi
て、て-、-て、た-
Stroke order
Stroke order is from KanjiVG, copyright Ulrich Apel, under CC BY-SA 3.0. A kanji is drawn only where KanjiVG and KANJIDIC2 count the same number of strokes.
Shapes inside it
The shapes EDRDG's KRADFILE lists 手 as containing. It is a lookup aid for finding a kanji by its parts: it says what the character contains, not where it comes from, and a shape need not be a kanji.
Written with 手 58 words
Grouped by JLPT level, easiest first, and oldest first within a level.
JLPT N5 · 6 words
JLPT N4 · 3 words
JLPT N3 · 13 words
- 助手じょしゅhelper, assistant
- 手術しゅじゅつsurgical operation
- 派手はでshowy, flashy, gaudy
- 手段しゅだんmeans, way, measure
- 相手あいてpartner; addressee; the person you are talking to
- 握手あくしゅhandshake
- 歌手かしゅsinger
- 選手せんしゅplayer selected for a team (usually athletic)
- 手品てじなconjuring trick, magic
- 手伝いてつだいhelp, helper, assistant
- 手間てまtime, labor
- 苦手にがてpoor (at), weak (in), dislike (of)
- 拍手はくしゅclapping hands, applause
JLPT N2 · 11 words
JLPT N1 · 25 words
- 手法しゅほうtechnique
- 小切手こぎってcheque, check
- 手錠てじょうhandcuffs, manacles
- 手軽てがるeasy, simple, cheap
- 勝手かってkitchen; one's way, selfishness
- 手順てじゅんprocess, procedure, protocol
- 手回してまわしpreparations, arrangements
- お手上げおてあげgiven in, given up hope
- 土手どてembankment, bank
- 入手にゅうしゅobtaining, coming to hand
- 着手ちゃくしゅembarkation, launch
- 手当てあてallowance, compensation; treatment
- 手遅れておくれbeing (too); belated treatment
- 手掛かりてがかりhint, clue, key
- 手掛けるてがけるto handle, to manage, to work with
- 手数てかずtrouble, labor, handling
- 手際てぎわperformance, skill, tact
- 手近てぢかnear, handy, familiar
- 手配てはいarrangement, search (by police)
- 手筈てはずarrangement, plan, program
- 手引てびきguidance, guide, introduction
- 手本てほんmodel, pattern
- 手元てもと(money) on hand or at home, one's purse; usual skill
- 手分けてわけdivision of labor
- 手芸しゅげいhandicrafts
Some of these words show it as a part of their “Taken apart” row: see the words taken apart with 手.
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