Where the shape comes from
An open hand held up: the three horizontal strokes are the fingers, the hooked vertical the arm and wrist. On the left of a character it is written 扌 and marks actions the hands perform — 打, 拿, 找, 排.
汉字 filed under 手
- 手shǒu (third tone, dipping)hand; a person good at something (歌手 a singer, 选手 a contestant)4
- 找zhǎo (third tone, dipping)to look for, to seek; to call on somebody; to give change7
- 拿ná (second tone, rising)to take, to hold, to pick up; to seize, to capture; with, using (as a preposition)10
- 换換huàn (fourth tone, falling)to exchange, to swap, to trade; to change, to replace; to change (money, clothes, trains)10