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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 手 U+624B |  Seal script |  Jinwen | 扌 Semantic variant | 𠂿 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 手+ 0 strokes = 4 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.322#27 Kangxi: p.416#28 Cihai: p.557r3c03 GSR: 1101.a Hanyu: v3,p1824#01 |
| Composition: | Component of: 扌 𢩦 𫼓 𢩬 𫼔 𠓢 𠨾 劧 𢌜 㐿 𢩷 𢩸 𢪥 𢪳 𠰅 𭙕 抙 𭠏 𨑲 𢪇 [More] |
| Mandarin: | shǒu ㄕㄡˇ |
| Cantonese: | sau2 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *shiǒu |
| Shuowen: | 《手部》手：拳也。象形。凡手之属皆从手。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·上声·有·首》手：手足。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·手部·手部》手：〔古文〕𠂿《唐韵》书九切《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》始九切，𠀤音首。《释名》手须也，事业所须也。《急就篇》卷捥节爪拇指手。《师古注》及掌谓之手。《易·说卦》艮爲手。《疏》艮旣爲止，手亦能止持其物，故爲手也。《礼·玉藻》手容恭。又以手执器亦曰手。《礼·檀弓》王事也。子手弓而可。《公羊传·庄十三年》曹子手劒而从之。又《司马相如·上林赋》手熊罴。《注》言手击之。又叶尸周切，音收。《焦氏·易林》邑姜叔子，天文在手。实沈参墟，封爲晋侯。又叶赏吕切，音黍。《郭璞·神嘘赞》脚属于头，人面无手。厥号曰嘘，重黎所处。又叶矧视切，音矢。《宋玉·笛赋》延长颈，奋玉手，摛朱唇，曜皓齿。又《说文》拳也。《正字通》握手谓之拳。非手卽拳也。 |
| Fanqie: | 书九 (《广韵·上声·有·首》) |
| Unihan definition: | hand |
Example usage
| 《论语·雍也》: | 伯牛有疾，子问之，自牖执其手，曰：“亡之，命矣夫！” |
| Bo Niu being ill, the Master went to ask for him. He took hold of his hand through the window, and said, "It is killing him. It is the appointment of Heaven, alas!" | |
| 《孟子·离娄下》: | 孟子告齐宣王曰：“君之视臣如手足，则臣视君如腹心。” |
| Mencius said to the king Xuan of Qi, 'When the prince regards his ministers as his hands and feet, his ministers regard their prince as their belly and heart.' | |
| 《礼记·深衣》: | 故规者，行举手以为容。 |
| In this way through the rounded sleeves the arms could be lifted up in walking (for the purpose of salutation) in the most elegant form. | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 曰：“龙以不制为龙，圣人以不手为圣人。” |
| Yangzi said: The dragon is a dragon because he is not restrained. The sage is a sage because he does not grasp onto only one alternative. | |
| 《墨子·辞过》: | 今则不然，厚作敛于百姓，以为美食刍豢，蒸炙鱼鳖，大国累百器，小国累十器，前方丈，目不能遍视，手不能遍操，口不能遍味，冬则冻冰，夏则餲1饐，人君为饮食如此，故左右象之。 |
| With the present rulers all is different. They would heavily tax the people in order to enjoy elaborately the different meats and fish and turtle cooked in various wavs. (The lord of) a large state is served with a hundred courses and (that of) a small state, with tens of courses, which will cover a table space of ten square feet. The eyes cannot see all the dishes, the hands cannot handle them all, and the mouth cannot taste them all. In winter they will freeze, and in summer they sour. As the ruler serves himself thus, naturally his assistants imitate him. | |
| 《庄子·逍遥游》: | 宋人有善为不龟手之药者，世世以洴澼纩为事。 |
| There was a man of Song who was skilful at making a salve which kept the hands from getting chapped; and (his family) for generations had made the bleaching of cocoon-silk their business. | |
| 《道德经》: | 夫代大匠斫者，希有不伤其手矣。 |
| Seldom is it that he who undertakes the hewing, instead of the great carpenter, does not cut his own hands! | |
| 《商君书·算地》: | 技艺之士，资在于手。 |
| That of artisans in their hands. | |
| 《史记·夏本纪》: | 皋陶拜手稽首扬言曰：“念哉，率为兴事，慎乃宪，敬哉！” |
| Gaoyao did obeisance with his head to his hands, and then to the ground, and with a loud voice said, 'Oh! think. It is yours to lead on and originate affairs. Pay careful attention to your laws. Be cautious.' | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 然故民不困财，贫窭者有所窜其手。 |
| 《说苑·修文》: | 女拜，乃亲引其手，授夫乎户，夫引手出户 |
| 《春秋繁露·立元神》: | 天生之以孝悌，地养之以衣食，人成之以礼乐，三者相为手足，合以成礼，不可一无也。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷二》: | 晏子起而出，授绥而乘，其仆驰，晏子抚其手曰：“麋鹿在山林，其命在庖厨。” |
| 《大戴礼记·主言》: | 然后布指知寸，布手知尺，舒肘知寻，十寻而索。 |
| 《白虎通德论·礼乐》: | 中心喜乐，口欲歌之，手欲舞之，足欲蹈之。 |
| 《新书·修政语上》: | 取道者，不以手而以耳。 |
| 《新序·善谋》: | 臣为主虑，莫若善楚，秦、楚合为一而以临韩，韩必拱手，王施之以东山之险，带以曲河之利，韩必为关内之侯，若是而王以十万伐郑，梁氏寒心，许鄢陵、婴城，而上蔡、召陵不往来也，如此而魏亦关内侯矣。 |
| 《中论·考伪》: | 而伪夫之杰也，然中才之徒，咸拜手而赞之，扬声以和之。 |
| 《孔子家语·相鲁》: | 于是斩侏儒，手足异处 |
| 《潜夫论·浮侈》: | 今举世舍农桑，趋商贾，牛马车舆，填塞道路，游手为功，充盈都邑，治本者少，浮食者众。 |
| 《论衡·幸偶》: | 非庖厨酒人有意异也，手指之调有偶适也。 |
| 《太玄经·太玄数》: | 别一以挂于左手之小指，中分其馀，以三搜之，并馀于艻。 |
| 《风俗通义》: | 丹畏死逃归耳，自为其父所戮，手足圮绝，安在其能使雨粟，其馀云云乎！ |
| 《孔丛子·广量》: | 一手之盛，谓之溢。 |
| 《申鉴·政体》: | 天下国家一体也，君为元首，臣为股肱，民为手足。 |
| 《新语·至德》: | 故宋襄死于泓水之战，三君弑于臣子之手，皆轻用师而尚威力，以至于斯，故《春秋》重而书之，嗟叹而伤之。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·弹琴赋》: | 左手抑扬，右手徘徊。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 向氏大喜，喻其为盗之言，而不喻其为盗之道，遂逾垣凿室，手目所及，亡不探也 |
| 《鶡冠子·备知》: | 昔之登高者，下人代之缀，手足为之汗出，而上人乃始搏折枝而趋操木，止之者僇。 |
| 《文子·自然》: | 至于神和，游于心手之间，放意写神，论爱而形于弦者，父不能以教子，子亦不能受之于父，此不传之道也。 |
| 《文始真经·一宇》: | 以手握刃，即伤。 |
| 《列仙传·赤松子》: | 接手翻飞，泠然双举。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 其生也目不妄视，耳不妄听，鼻不妄嗅，口不妄言，味，手不妄持，足不妄行，精神不妄施。 |
| 《韩非子·难言》: | 故文王说纣而纣囚之，翼侯炙，鬼侯腊，比干剖心，梅伯醢，夷吾束缚，而曹羁奔陈，伯里子道乞，傅说转鬻，孙子膑脚于魏，吴起收泣于岸门、痛西河之为秦、卒枝解于楚，公叔痤言国器、反为悖，公孙鞅奔秦，关龙逢斩，苌宏分胣，尹子阱于棘，司马子期死而浮于江，田明辜射，宓子贱、西门豹不斗而死人手，董安于死而陈于市，宰予不免于田常，范睢折胁于魏。 |
| 《申不害·大体》: | 明君如身，臣如手。 |
| 《慎子·逸文》: | 昔者，天子手能衣而宰夫设服，足能行而相者导进，口能言而行人称辞，故无失言失礼也。 |
| 《管子·轻重甲》: | 故夫握而不见于手，含而不见于口，而辟千金者，珠也，然后八千里之吴越可得而朝也。 |
| 《公孙龙子·坚白论》: | 曰：“目不能坚，手不能白。” |
| 《孙子兵法·九地》: | 夫吴人与越人相恶也，当其同舟济而遇风，其相救也如左右手 |
| 《六韬·军用》: | 甲士万人，强弩六千，戟楯二千，矛楯二千，修治攻具，砥砺兵器，巧手三百人。 |
| 《淮南子·道应训》: | 桓公闻之，抚其仆之手曰：“异哉！” |
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