Besides the most common hands 手 and 扌，there are 10 hidden hands in Chinese characters you may not recognize. These hands reflect the activities of hands, origins of many characters. Continue reading “These 10 hidden hands will blow your mind (ultimate version of hand 手)”
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棋手vs旗手vs骑手
Homophones are a very interesting characteristic in Chinese language. Homophones are words with different meanings which are pronounced in the same way but are written differently. In this post, we will learn three homophones of 手. Continue reading “棋手vs旗手vs骑手”
Suffix 手
As we have mentioned before that the semantic component 手 is a highly important part in the formation of Chinese characters. For the formation of compound words, 手 also plays an important role, because it can serve as a suffix to form compound words in the following ways: Continue reading “Suffix 手”
爪 hand XIII
爪, a variant of 手✋, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 爪 have to do with hand or actions of hand. Continue reading “爪 hand XIII”
手 hand I
手, a pictographic character of hand, has eleven variants. 手 serves as a semantic component to form characters. Most of the characters formed by the semantic component 手 have the up-down structure such as 拳, 拿, 掌,挚, 掣, 挚, etc. Continue reading “手 hand I”