Learn the stroke order of the Chinese character "手"

The character "手" has 4 strokes. Its radical is "手". View the introduction of "手"

Let's take a look at the stroke order of "手."

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The basic meaning of the Chinese character "手"

n.: hand; means; skill; person skilled in sth; person good at sth; person engaging in a certain activity; person performing a certain action

v.: hold/have in one's hand

adj.: handy; portable; hand-written

adv.: personally

quant.: smallest tradable unit (of stocks)

Form words with "手"

一只手 a hand

扣球手 attacker; spiker

饶舌歌手 rapper

撒开手 let go one's hold

坦克手 tankman

长笛手 flautist

军号手 bugler

手提灯 hand lamp

手发麻 feel numb in the hand

弹药手 ammunition man/bearer

手锯条 handsaw blade

高尔夫球手 golf player; golfer

康拜因手 combine operator

射箭手 archer

搭不上手 cannot be of any help

打击乐手 percussionist

握住手 grasp sb's hand

外场手 outfield; outfielder;outfield; outfielder

内场手 infielder

瞄准手 aimer; pointer

Example phrases using "手"

• 孩子的手被冰激凌弄得黏糊糊的。

  The child’s hands were sticky from eating ice cream.

• 听到这个消息，他跟手出去了。

  He went out on hearing the news/at the news.

• 那战士的脸和手都给冻得通红。

  The soldier’s face and hands were bright red from the cold.

• 冬天手放在冷水里会冻得麻酥酥的。

  In winter cold water tingles your hands.

• 她想帮妈妈干家务，可又插不上手。

  She wanted to help her mother with the household chores, but didn’t know how to.

• 他直挺挺地站在那儿，手被反绑着。

  He stood erect there with his arms bound behind his back.

• 她烦躁不安地用手连连捋头发。

  Her hand kept making fretful journeys through her hair.

• 他举起一只手让我们肃静片刻。

  He held us silent for a moment with a lifted hand.

• 她抱怨自己的手不知为何脱皮。

  She complained of peeling on her hands for some unknown reasons.

• 干了一整夜，这事才算了手。

  The matter was wrapped up/was over only after a whole night’s hard work.

Explanation of Chinese character strokes

The types of Chinese character strokes refer to the classification of basic strokes that make up Chinese characters. According to traditional classification methods, the types of Chinese character strokes can be divided into eight major categories, namely: horizontal, vertical, left-falling, right-falling, dot, lifting, hook, and turning. Here is a brief explanation of each type of stroke:

Horizontal: A straight line segment from left to right, such as the character "一".

Vertical: A vertical line segment from top to bottom, such as the character "丨".

Left-falling: A line segment that falls from top to bottom and slants to the left, such as the character "丿".

Right-falling: A line segment that falls from top to bottom and slants to the right, such as the character "乀".

Dot: A small dot, such as the character "丶".

Lifting: A line segment that falls from top to bottom and bends to the right, such as the character "㇀".

Hook: A hook shape formed at the end of a stroke, such as the character "亅".

Turning: A shape where the stroke turns in the middle, such as the character "乛".

These types of strokes can be combined to form complex Chinese characters, each composed of different strokes. Understanding the types of Chinese character strokes is very important for writing and recognizing Chinese characters.