Read Edit View history 手 shǒu HSK1 hand Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a hand. Pinyin Separate values with commas shǒu ×shou × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 手 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 696, 777 ], [ 623, 796 ], [ 504, 743 ], [ 388, 705 ], [ 314, 690 ] ], [ [ 319, 563 ], [ 387, 557 ], [ 515, 578 ], [ 654, 611 ], [ 700, 610 ] ], [ [ 111, 362 ], [ 168, 352 ], [ 395, 390 ], [ 830, 435 ], [ 869, 430 ], [ 926, 412 ] ], [ [ 474, 710 ], [ 512, 683 ], [ 538, 532 ], [ 557, 281 ], [ 556, 186 ], [ 548, 115 ], [ 520, 46 ], [ 492, 22 ], [ 372, 81 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 502 718 Q 550 731 590 746 Q 641 759 683 764 Q 701 763 706 771 Q 710 781 700 795 Q 679 814 634 837 Q 619 847 605 847 Q 596 844 594 832 Q 591 802 411 730 Q 365 714 310 696 Q 303 687 310 684 Q 328 678 449 707 Q 458 708 468 711 L 502 718 Z", "M 555 563 Q 697 591 706 599 Q 716 606 711 616 Q 704 628 674 636 Q 644 643 547 611 L 506 600 Q 496 599 486 596 Q 413 580 327 574 Q 290 568 315 550 Q 358 528 428 540 Q 468 549 513 554 L 555 563 Z", "M 575 389 Q 687 398 843 397 Q 927 394 935 406 Q 942 419 923 436 Q 863 479 820 471 Q 723 452 571 429 L 525 422 Q 513 422 503 420 Q 325 398 115 373 Q 90 372 108 351 Q 124 335 145 329 Q 169 322 187 328 Q 352 373 527 385 L 575 389 Z", "M 527 385 Q 536 154 492 78 Q 488 69 479 66 Q 467 62 376 87 Q 369 88 366 85 Q 365 81 373 73 Q 437 19 470 -22 Q 482 -35 489 -33 Q 505 -32 532 -3 Q 590 57 589 171 Q 590 237 575 389 L 571 429 Q 562 519 555 563 L 547 611 Q 541 650 540 680 Q 540 699 528 706 Q 515 713 502 718 C 475 730 454 737 468 711 Q 486 687 506 600 L 513 554 Q 520 493 525 422 L 527 385 Z" ] } 4 strokes 手 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 605, 843 ], [ 647, 778 ], [ 311, 690 ] ], [ [ 309, 564 ], [ 420, 562 ], [ 708, 609 ] ], [ [ 108, 365 ], [ 164, 352 ], [ 805, 434 ], [ 933, 416 ] ], [ [ 475, 714 ], [ 511, 690 ], [ 535, 551 ], [ 551, 139 ], [ 529, 63 ], [ 484, 18 ], [ 373, 81 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M502,720C563,737 636,760 683,764C694,766 703,766 706,771C709,778 706,788 700,795C686,810 662,822 634,837C622,844 614,849 605,847C598,847 595,841 592,832C583,810 514,766 411,730C379,720 352,710 310,696C302,694 303,685 310,684C335,680 418,698 468,711C491,717 491,717 502,720Z", "M555,563C649,584 699,594 706,599C712,604 713,611 711,616C705,626 692,634 674,636C652,639 612,627 547,611C520,604 520,604 506,601C453,589 384,580 327,574C302,572 296,561 315,550C355,529 418,534 513,554C541,560 541,560 555,563Z", "M575,389C649,396 738,399 843,397C898,397 930,398 935,406C940,415 935,427 923,436C882,467 848,477 820,471C753,459 699,449 571,429C540,424 540,424 525,422C451,411 255,389 115,373C98,372 94,366 108,351C117,341 130,333 145,329C160,325 174,325 187,328C296,359 454,379 527,385C559,388 559,388 575,389Z", "M527,385C535,233 520,129 492,78C488,73 485,68 479,66C471,64 434,71 376,87C369,89 367,88 366,85C364,83 366,79 373,73C414,38 446,6 470,-22C476,-30 484,-33 489,-33C499,-31 513,-22 532,-3C570,38 589,95 589,171C589,215 585,289 575,389C572,416 572,416 571,429C568,451 558,542 555,563C550,595 550,595 547,611C531,703 557,699 502,720C491,724 462,721 468,711C487,688 499,644 506,601C511,570 511,570 513,554C518,514 522,471 525,422C526,397 526,397 527,385Z" ] } 4 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.