Hand radical 扌 (shǒu): 185 characters

body{font-family:sans-serif;max-width:860px;margin:40px auto;padding:0 20px;color:#1a1a2e}Hand radical 扌 (shǒu): 185 characters扌 (shǒu) is Kangxi radical no. 64, “hand”. It also appears as 手 (shǒu). In this form it is written with 3 strokes.扌 (shǒu) on the left is the hand at work: it is the radical of most verbs for touching, pushing, pulling, hitting and holding.The characters range from 3 to 20 strokes. 4 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 11 have a full word page of their own.Good ones to start with: 手 (shǒu) hand, 打 (dǎ) hit / beat / call (phone), 找 (zhǎo) look for / find, 拿 (ná) take / hold / carry.Characters with this radical3 strokes

才 (cái) - just / only then / not until

4 strokes

手 (shǒu) - hand

扎 (zā) - to tie

5 strokes

打 (dǎ) - hit / beat / call (phone)

扔 (rēng) - to throw

扑 (pū) - to throw oneself at

扒 (bā) - to peel

6 strokes

扫 (sǎo) - to sweep

扬 (yáng) - to raise

扣 (kòu) - to fasten

扩 (kuò) - to enlarge

执 (zhí) - to execute

托 (tuō) - prop

扛 (gāng) - to raise aloft with both hands

7 strokes

找 (zhǎo) - look for / find

把 (bǎ) - (disposal preposition) / handle

报 (bào) - to announce

护 (hù) - to protect

技 (jì) - skill

拒 (jù) - to defend, to ward off

批 (pī) - to ascertain

扰 (rǎo) - to disturb

折 (zhé) - to break

扮 (bàn) - to disguise oneself as

扶 (fú) - to support with the hand

抢 (qiǎng) - to fight over

投 (tóu) - to cast

抓 (zhuā) - to grab

抄 (chāo) - to make a copy

抗 (kàng) - to resist

拟 (nǐ) - to plan to

扭 (niǔ) - to turn

抛 (pāo) - to throw

抑 (yì) - to curb, to hinder

扳 (bān) - to pull

扯 (chě) - to pull

抖 (dǒu) - to tremble

抚 (fǔ) - to pat, to console

抠 (kōu) - to dig out

抡 (lūn) - to swing

抒 (shū) - to express

8 strokes

担 (dān) - to undertake

拍 (pāi) - to pat

择 (zé) - to select

抱 (bào) - to hold

拉 (lā) - to pull

抬 (tái) - to lift

招 (zhāo) - to recruit

拨 (bō) - to push aside with the hand

拆 (chāi) - to tear open

承 (chéng) - to bear

抽 (chōu) - to draw out

拖 (tuō) - to drag

押 (yā) - to mortgage

拥 (yōng) - to hold in one's arms

拔 (bá) - to pull up

抵 (dǐ) - to resist

拐 (guǎi) - to turn (a corner etc)

拦 (lán) - to block sb's path

披 (pī) - to drape over one's shoulders

拌 (bàn) - to mix

拣 (jiǎn) - to choose

拘 (jū) - to detain, to restrain, to seize

拎 (līn) - to lift up

拢 (lǒng) - to gather together

抹 (mǒ) - to smear

拧 (níng) - to pinch

抨 (pēng) - to impeach

拓 (tuò) - to develop

拄 (zhǔ) - to lean on

拙 (zhuō) - awkward

9 strokes

持 (chí) - to hold

挺 (tǐng) - quite

按 (àn) - to press

挂 (guà) - to hang or suspend

拾 (shí) - to pick up

指 (zhǐ) - finger

挡 (dǎng) - to resist

挥 (huī) - to wave

挤 (jǐ) - to crowd in

括 (kuò) - to embrace

拼 (pīn) - to piece together

挑 (tiǎo) - to raise

挣 (zhèng) - to struggle to get free

拜 (bài) - to bow to

挖 (wā) - to dig

拱 (gǒng) - to cup one's hands in salute

挎 (kuà) - to carry

挠 (náo) - to scratch

挪 (nuó) - to shift

拴 (shuān) - to tie up

挟 (xié) - to seize

拽 (yè) - to drag

拯 (zhěng) - to raise

10 strokes

拿 (ná) - take / hold / carry

换 (huàn) - change / exchange / swap

捡 (jiǎn) - to pick up

捐 (juān) - to relinquish

损 (sǔn) - to damage, to harm

捕 (bǔ) - to catch

挫 (cuò) - to check

捉 (zhuō) - to clutch

挨 (ái) - to suffer

捣 (dǎo) - to pound

捍 (hàn) - to ward off

捆 (kǔn) - a bunch

捞 (lāo) - to fish up

捏 (niē) - to hold between the thumb and fingers

拳 (quán) - fist

捎 (shāo) - to bring sth to sb

捅 (tǒng) - to stab

挽 (wǎn) - to pull

捂 (wǔ) - to enclose

振 (zhèn) - to shake

挚 (zhì) - sincere

11 strokes

接 (jiē) - receive

据 (jù) - according to

掉 (diào) - fall / drop / lose

排 (pái) - row

授 (shòu) - to confer

推 (tuī) - push

措 (cuò) - to arrange

控 (kòng) - to control

描 (miáo) - to depict

捷 (jié) - nimble, quick

捧 (pěng) - to clasp

探 (tàn) - to explore

掏 (tāo) - to fish out (from pocket)

掺 (chān) - to mix

捶 (chuí) - to beat

掘 (jué) - to dig

掠 (lüè) - to pillage, to ransack

掐 (qiā) - to pick (flowers)

掀 (xiān) - to lift (a lid)

掩 (yǎn) - to cover up

掷 (zhì) - to throw

12 strokes

提 (tí) - to carry (in the hand)

插 (chā) - to insert

搜 (sōu) - to search

握 (wò) - to hold

掌 (zhǎng) - palm of the hand

搭 (dā) - to put up

援 (yuán) - to assist

掰 (bāi) - to break off or break open sth with…

搀 (chān) - to take by the arm and assist

揣 (chuǎi) - to estimate

搓 (cuō) - to rub or roll between the hands or…

搁 (gē) - to place

搅 (jiǎo) - to disturb

揭 (jiē) - to take the lid off

揪 (jiū) - to seize

揽 (lǎn) - to monopolize

搂 (lōu) - to draw towards oneself

揉 (róu) - to knead

揍 (zòu) - to hit

13 strokes

搬 (bān) - move / carry / relocate

摄 (shè) - to take in

搞 (gǎo) - to do

摸 (mō) - to feel with the hand

摇 (yáo) - to shake

摆 (bǎi) - to arrange

携 (xié) - to carry

搏 (bó) - to fight

摊 (tān) - to spread out

14 strokes

摔 (shuāi) - to throw down

摘 (zhāi) - to take

摧 (cuī) - to destroy, to wreck

撇 (piě) - to throw

15 strokes

播 (bō) - to sow

撞 (zhuàng) - to knock against

撤 (chè) - to remove

撑 (chēng) - to support

摩 (mó) - to rub

撒 (sā) - to let go

撬 (qiào) - to lift

撕 (sī) - to tear

撰 (zhuàn) - to compose

16 strokes

操 (cāo) - to conduct, to manage, to run

擅 (shàn) - to claim, to monopolize

撼 (hàn) - to shake

擎 (qíng) - to lift

17 strokes

擦 (cā) - to rub

19 strokes

攀 (pān) - to climb (by pulling oneself up)

攒 (zǎn) - to collect

20 strokes

攘 (rǎng) - to usurp, to seize

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Radicals and component data: Make Me a Hanzi by Shaunak Kishore (dictionary.txt, derived from Unihan and CJKlib), used under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3 or later. Make Me a Hanzi LGPL v3

Stroke counts: Make Me a Hanzi graphics.txt, derived from the Arphic PL KaitiM GB and Arphic PL UKai fonts by Arphic Technology, under the Arphic Public License - the same stroke data the animations use. Arphic Public License