hand (side)

HSK 10

shǒu

シュ

扌 is a component form of 手, which is a pictograph of a hand.

Notes

Historical Evolution

Bronze

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

扌

Regular

Modern

Chinese

扌 [shǒu]

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

Example Sentences