手
- hand;
It can also refer to skill, method, or person (as in an agent or performer of an action).
Etymology
It is a pictograph that was formed by imitating the shape of a hand.
Usage in Korean
手 is the principal radical for the concept of the hand.
When used as a radical, it often takes the variant form 扌 and is written on the left side of a character.
Characters with the 手/扌 radical typically carry meanings related to:
• handcraft, dexterity, skill,
• manual action, method, means,
• or a person performing an action.
Alternative forms
Similar shape characters
If enlarged, 扌 resembles 才 (meaning “talent” or “ability”), which is also classified under the 手 radical.
However, 才 and 扌 have different origins despite their similar shapes, so 扌 is sometimes called “jaebangbyeon” (재방변), meaning “talent-side radical.”
A similar case exists with the 肉 (meat) radical, which appears as 月 (moon) when used as a component, and is then called “육달월” (meat-moon-shape).
Characters with 手
- 承–to receive, to bear, to undertake, to inherit, to continue, to succeed, to support, to carry
- 拂–to brush off, to shake off, to dust, to wave away, repel
- 拓–to expand, to open up, to broaden, to print, to make a rubbing, to engrave, to carve
- 拔–to pull out, to extract, to uproot, to remove, to withdraw, to surpass, to excel
- 拘–to seize, to detain, to arrest, to restrict, to restrain, to be bound by
- 拜–to bow, to pay respects, to worship, to salute, to pray, to visit
- 拭–to wipe, to clean, to wash away
- 持–to hold, to grasp, to carry, to maintain, to sustain, to persist
- 指–to point, to indicate, finger
- 按–to press, to push, to calm, to massage
- 挑–to raise, to provoke, to stir up, to lift, to poke, to incite
- 手 (Q)
- ⿻ 𠂌 一
