1. 手
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手

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  1. 手 is the 143rd most frequent character.
  2. 手 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 手 appears as a character in 278 words.
  4. 手 appears as a component in 353 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
手 => ㇒, 扌
Radical :
手 => 手 (hand)
Graphical :
手 => ㇒, 亅, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. shou3 - hand/(formal) to hold/person engaged in certain types of work/person skilled in certain types of work/personal(ly)/convenient/CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 手 (shou3): The component 手 is pronounced as 'shou3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

分手 
手 
手机 (手機)

Medium Frequency

一手 
上手 
下手 
二手 
二手房 
人手 
伸手 
凶手 (兇手)
入手 
出手 
到手 
助手 
动手 (動手)
右手 
射手 
射手座 
对手 (對手)
左手 
帮手 (幫手)
手下 
手册 (手冊)
手动 (手動)
手势 (手勢)
手套 
手工 
手心 
手指 
手掌 
手提包 
手段 
手气 (手氣)
手法 
手稿 
手续 (手續)
手续费 (手續費)
手腕 
手脚 (手腳)
手臂 
手艺 (手藝)
手术 (手術)
手表 (手錶)
手链 (手鏈)
手镯 (手鐲)
手头 (手頭)
把手 
拉手 
招手 
拿手 
握手 
挥手 (揮手)
携手 (攜手)
放手 
新手 
枪手 (槍手)
歌手 
杀手 (殺手)
洗手 
牵手 (牽手)
联手 (聯手)
能手 
举手 (舉手)
举手投足 (舉手投足)
着手 (著手)
亲手 (親手)
选手 (選手)
随手 (隨手)
顺手 (順手)
高手 

Appears In:

手 also appears in:
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掌

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Meta:

  1. 掌 is the 888th most frequent character.
  2. 掌 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 掌 appears as a character in 35 words.
  4. 掌 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
掌 => No glyph available, 手
Radical :
掌 => ⺌ (small), 冖 (cover), 口 (mouth), 手 (hand)
Graphical :
掌 => 丨, 丷, 冖, 口, ㇒, 亅, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhang3 - palm of the hand/sole of the foot/paw/horseshoe/to slap/to hold in one's hand/to wield

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

掌 
掌控 

Medium Frequency

仙人掌 
八卦掌 
巴掌 
手掌 
掌心 
掌握 
掌柜 (掌櫃)
掌声 (掌聲)
熊掌 
脚掌 (腳掌)
鼓掌 

Appears In:

掌 also appears in:
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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