Dictionary › 扌
扌
shǒu
What 扌 means
- "hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc
Sounds the same
Read shǒu, tone for tone, but written differently.
- 手hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
- 首head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc)
- 守to guard; to defend; to keep watch
- 艏bow of a ship
- 掱variant of 手
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