What is the 扌 component in Chinese characters?

扌 (shǒu) is a Chinese character component associated here with “hand; action”. It appears in 339 indexed related characters and is taught as a Meaning clue.

Is 扌 a radical or a component?

扌 serves as both a component used for learning patterns and a radical used for dictionary indexing. This page focuses on the learning pattern; the linked radical page focuses on lookup.

扌 Component — Meaning, Pattern and Related Characters

A repeatable reading move

How to use 扌

Use the component as a clue, then verify the complete character.

1

Spot 扌

Find the repeated shape and notice where it sits before trying to memorize the whole character.

2

Use the meaning clue

Use 扌 to guess the broad meaning area: hand; action.

3

Check what changes

Read the remaining component, then confirm the full pinyin, meaning, and stroke order on the character page.

Shared clue扌Meaning clue

Read the pattern before memorizing the list

Imagine the hand action, then use the other part to distinguish the exact verb.

The component page is a learning family; the radical page is a dictionary index. A shape can serve both roles.

Compare the family

What stays the same, what changes?

These cards only show complete visual decompositions from the current dataset that contain 扌.

把=

扌+巴

bǎHSK 3.0 · L3

to grasp, to hold

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找=

扌+戈

zhǎoHSK 3.0 · L1

to search for, to look for, to find

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打=

扌+丁

dǎ

to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike

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搞=

扌+高

gǎoHSK 3.0 · L5

to do, to fix, to make, to settle

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接=

扌+妾

jiēHSK 3.0 · L3

to connect, to join

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拉=

扌+立

lāHSK 3.0 · L4

to pull, to drag

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掉=

扌+卓

diàoHSK 3.0 · L4

to drop, to fall, to remove

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拍=

扌+白

pāiHSK 3.0 · L4

to clap, to tap

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换=

扌+奂

huànHSK 3.0 · L3

to change

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指=

扌+旨

zhǐHSK 3.0 · L4

finger, toe

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按=

扌+安

ànHSK 3.0 · L4

to check, to control, to push, to restrain

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挺=

扌+廷

tǐngHSK 3.0 · L3

to straighten, to stand upright

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Additional indexed matches

Some matches have only a partial visual index. Open a character to see whether a complete decomposition is available; partial data is never shown as an equation.

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Words you can read next

These words contain characters from the 扌 family. Open one to see its complete breakdown.

打电话dǎdiànhuà

to make a telephone call

HSK 3.0 · L1 打dǎ

to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike

找zhǎo

to try to find

HSK 3.0 · L1 打dǎ

a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings

to take a taxi

to open

to hold

to move

HSK 3.0 · L3 搬家bānjiā

to move house

HSK 3.0 · L3 报纸bàozhǐ

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