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手

shǒu

HSK 3.0 · 1

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

shǒu · sau2 (Jyutping)

  1. hand
  2. (formal) to hold
  3. person engaged in certain types of work
  4. person skilled in certain types of work
  5. personal(ly)
  6. convenient
  7. classifier for skill
  8. CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

手

Meaning
hand
Radical
手
Strokes
4
Components
?
Cangjie
Q
Four-corner
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