手 — the “hand” radical

Radical #64 4 strokesalso written 扌

the left-side 扌 — actions done by hand 88 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.

Kanji using the 手 radical (88)

手hand 持hold, have 指finger, point to 投throw, discard 打strike, hit 提propose, take along 挙raise, plan 援abet, help 担shouldering, carry 技skill, art 撃beat, attack 推conjecture, infer 接touch, contact 授impart, instruct 摘pinch, pick 批criticism, strike 捜search, look for 捕catch, capture 採pick, take 拡broaden, extend 振shake, wave 抗confront, resist 換interchange, period 抜slip out, extract 承acquiesce, hear 押push, stop 損damage, loss 撤remove, withdraw 払pay, clear out 措set aside, give up 抑repress, well 招beckon, invite 択choose, select 拠foothold, based on 拒repel, refuse 抱embrace, hug 描sketch, compose 掲put up (a notice), put up 探grope, search 揮brandish, wave 折fold, break 挑challenge, contend for 控withdraw, draw in 握grip, hold 操maneuver, manipulate 携portable, carry (in hand)撮snapshot, take pictures 括fasten, tie up 掛hang, suspend 排repudiate, exclude 扱handle, entertain 揺swing, shake 抵resist, reach 擁hug, embrace 摩chafe, rub 掃sweep, brush 掘dig, delve 捨discard, throw away 撲slap, strike 揚raise, elevate 拘arrest, seize 拍clap, beat (music)抽pluck, pull 披expose, open 拝worship, adore 据set, lay a foundation 搭board, load (a vehicle)拾pick up, gather 擦grate, rub 才genius, years old 拐kidnap, falsify 拓clear (the land), open 把grasp, faggot 搬conveyor, carry 掌palm of hand, rule 摂vicarious, surrogate 挟pinch, between 扶aid, help 挿insert, put in 拳fist 拙bungling, clumsy 擬mimic, aim (a gun) at 抹rub, paint 搾squeeze 拷torture, beat 抄extract, selection 捺press, print 捷victory, fast

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