| Chinese Text Project |
| 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 𢩬 𫼓 𠓢 𠨾 劧 𢌜 㐿 𢩷 𢩸 𫼔 𠰅 𭙕 抙 𭠏 𨑲 𢪇 𡆺 𢪒 [More] |
| Mandarin: | shǒu ㄕㄡˇ |
| Cantonese: | sau2 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *shiǒu |
| Shuowen: | 《手部》手：拳也。象形。凡手之屬皆从手。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上聲·有·首》手：手足。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·手部·手部》手：〔古文〕𠂿《唐韻》書九切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》始九切，𠀤音首。《釋名》手須也，事業所須也。《急就篇》捲捥節爪拇指手。《師古註》及掌謂之手。《易·說卦》艮爲手。《疏》艮旣爲止，手亦能止持其物，故爲手也。《禮·玉藻》手容恭。又以手執器亦曰手。《禮·檀弓》王事也。子手弓而可。《公羊傳·莊十三年》曹子手劒而從之。又《司馬相如·上林賦》手熊羆。《註》言手擊之。又叶尸周切，音收。《焦氏·易林》邑姜叔子，天文在手。實沈參墟，封爲晉侯。又叶賞呂切，音黍。《郭璞·神嘘贊》腳屬於頭，人面無手。厥號曰嘘，重黎所處。又叶矧視切，音矢。《宋玉·笛賦》延長頸，奮玉手，摛朱脣，曜皓齒。又《說文》拳也。《正字通》握手謂之拳。非手卽拳也。 |
| Fanqie: | 書九 (《廣韻·上聲·有·首》) |
| Unihan definition: | hand |
Example usage
| 《論語·雍也》: | 伯牛有疾，子問之，自牖執其手，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·離婁下》: | 孟子告齊宣王曰：「君之視臣如手足，則臣視君如腹心。」 |
| 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.' | |
| 《禮記·深衣》: | 故規者，行舉手以為容。 |
| 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. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 曰：「龍以不制為龍，聖人以不手為聖人。」 |
| 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·辭過》: | 今則不然，厚作斂於百姓，以為美食芻豢，蒸炙魚鱉，大國累百器，小國累十器，前方丈，目不能遍視，手不能遍操，口不能遍味，冬則凍冰，夏則餲1饐，人君為飲食如此，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. | |
| 《莊子·逍遙遊》: | 宋人有善為不龜手之藥者，世世以洴澼絖為事。 |
| 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. | |
| 《道德經》: | 夫代大匠斲者，希有不傷其手矣。 |
| Seldom is it that he who undertakes the hewing, instead of the great carpenter, does not cut his own hands! | |
| 《商君書·算地》: | 技藝之士，資在於手。 |
| That of artisans in their hands. | |
| 《史記·夏本紀》: | 皋陶拜手稽首揚言曰：「念哉，率為興事，慎乃憲，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》: | 然故民不困財，貧窶者有所竄其手。 |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 女拜，乃親引其手，授夫乎戶，夫引手出戶 |
| 《春秋繁露·立元神》: | 天生之以孝悌，地養之以衣食，人成之以禮樂，三者相為手足，合以成禮，不可一無也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷二》: | 晏子起而出，授綏而乘，其僕馳，晏子撫其手曰：「麋鹿在山林，其命在庖廚。」 |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 然後布指知寸，布手知尺，舒肘知尋，十尋而索。 |
| 《白虎通德論·禮樂》: | 中心喜樂，口欲歌之，手欲舞之，足欲蹈之。 |
| 《新書·脩政語上》: | 取道者，不以手而以耳。 |
| 《新序·善謀》: | 臣為主慮，莫若善楚，秦、楚合為一而以臨韓，韓必拱手，王施之以東山之險，帶以曲河之利，韓必為關內之侯，若是而王以十萬伐鄭，梁氏寒心，許鄢陵、嬰城，而上蔡、召陵不往來也，如此而魏亦關內侯矣。 |
| 《中論·考偽》: | 而偽夫之傑也，然中才之徒，咸拜手而贊之，揚聲以和之。 |
| 《孔子家語·相魯》: | 於是斬侏儒，手足異處 |
| 《潛夫論·浮侈》: | 今舉世舍農桑，趨商賈，牛馬車輿，填塞道路，游手為功，充盈都邑，治本者少，浮食者眾。 |
| 《論衡·幸偶》: | 非庖廚酒人有意異也，手指之調有偶適也。 |
| 《太玄經·太玄數》: | 別一以挂于左手之小指，中分其餘，以三搜之，并餘於艻。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 丹畏死逃歸耳，自為其父所戮，手足圮絕，安在其能使雨粟，其餘云云乎！ |
| 《孔叢子·廣量》: | 一手之盛，謂之溢。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 天下國家一體也，君為元首，臣為股肱，民為手足。 |
| 《新語·至德》: | 故宋襄死於泓水之戰，三君弒於臣子之手，皆輕用師而尚威力，以至於斯，故《春秋》重而書之，嗟嘆而傷之。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·彈琴賦》: | 左手抑揚，右手徘徊。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 向氏大喜，喻其為盜之言，而不喻其為盜之道，遂踰垣鑿室，手目所及，亡不探也 |
| 《鶡冠子·備知》: | 昔之登高者，下人代之缀，手足為之汗出，而上人乃始搏折枝而趨操木，止之者僇。 |
| 《文子·自然》: | 至於神和，遊於心手之間，放意寫神，論愛而形於絃者，父不能以教子，子亦不能受之於父，此不傳之道也。 |
| 《文始真經·一宇》: | 以手握刃，即傷。 |
| 《列仙傳·赤松子》: | 接手翻飛，泠然雙舉。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 其生也目不妄視，耳不妄聽，鼻不妄嗅，口不妄言，味，手不妄持，足不妄行，精神不妄施。 |
| 《韓非子·難言》: | 故文王說紂而紂囚之，翼侯炙，鬼侯腊，比干剖心，梅伯醢，夷吾束縛，而曹羈奔陳，伯里子道乞，傅說轉鬻，孫子臏腳於魏，吳起收泣於岸門、痛西河之為秦、卒枝解於楚，公叔痤言國器、反為悖，公孫鞅奔秦，關龍逢斬，萇宏分胣，尹子阱於棘，司馬子期死而浮於江，田明辜射，宓子賤、西門豹不鬥而死人手，董安于死而陳於市，宰予不免於田常，范睢折脅於魏。 |
| 《申不害·大體》: | 明君如身，臣如手。 |
| 《慎子·逸文》: | 昔者，天子手能衣而宰夫設服，足能行而相者導進，口能言而行人稱辭，故無失言失禮也。 |
| 《管子·輕重甲》: | 故夫握而不見於手，含而不見於口，而辟千金者，珠也，然後八千里之吳越可得而朝也。 |
| 《公孫龍子·堅白論》: | 曰：「目不能堅，手不能白。」 |
| 《孫子兵法·九地》: | 夫吳人與越人相惡也，當其同舟濟而遇風，其相救也如左右手 |
| 《六韜·軍用》: | 甲士萬人，強弩六千，戟楯二千，矛楯二千，修治攻具，砥礪兵器，巧手三百人。 |
| 《淮南子·道應訓》: | 桓公聞之，撫其仆之手曰：「異哉！」 |
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