我
JLPT HSK 1

wǒ
Left: hand 手/扌, right: halberd 戈
In my hand a halberd, and I am myself.

	看
JLPT HSK 1

kān, kàn
Top: hand 手, below: eye 目 (cf. 观)
The hand shades the eye when watching.

	手
JLPT HSK 2

shǒu

Image of a palm with fingers spread and a wrinkle in the palm. (The radical of hand is also depicted as: 扌, 又,爫, or 寸)

	拿
JLPT HSK 3

ná
Top: fitting/suitable 合 (The lid fits on the pot 口.), bottom: hand 手
With a fitting hand you can seize and hold.

	拜
JLPT HSK 4

bài
Left: hand 手, right: buddh. prayer drum (not etymological)
With your hand and the prayer drum, you pray and pay respect.

	掌
JLPT HSK 5

zhǎng
Top: esteem, to value 尚 (A small 小 house 宀 with a window 口 is furthermore esteemed.), here: 尚 as image of a palm with three fingers, bottom: hand 手
Image of a palm 尚 (with a hand 手)

	寿
JLPT HSK 5

shòu
Left: var. of hand 手, right: skillful hand 寸
Two hands congratulate and wish: a long life. (And: Two hands are needed to roll sushi 寿司.)

	承
JLPT HSK 5

chéng
Outside: water 水, middle: child 子, two 二
Two children in the water. Then you bear a responsibility.

	拳
JLPT HSK 5

quán
Top: security guard 龹 (person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二), bottom: hand 手
The securitiy guard has a hand, that is a fist.

	摩
JLPT HSK 5

mó
Outside and top: hemp 麻 (The building 广 in the forest 林 is for the hemp), below: hand 手
(Use of hemp for cleaning) With hemp in the hand it is rubbed.

	撑
JLPT HSK 6

chēng
Left: hand 扌, right: palm of the hand 掌 (image of the palm 尚 [= esteem], Hand 手)
The hand can with the palm of the hand: support or prop / push.

	攀
JLPT HSK 6

pān
Top: cage, fence 樊 (Between the trees 木 there are boundaries 爻 to form at the big 大 cage or fence.), bottom: hand 手
For the fence, use your hand to climb it up.

	挚
JLPT HSK 6

zhì
Top: grasp, seize 执 (If you get your hand 扌to that small bead 丸 you grasp it.), bottom: hand 手
If you have graspted it with your (whole) hand, then it is sincere.

	擎
JLPT HSK 6

qíng
Top: respect 敬 (When a plant 艹 speaks a sentence 句 [wrap 勹, mouth 口], it is hit 攵 with respect.), bottom: hand 手
It is respectful, when hands are raised.

	掰
JLPT HSK 6

bāi
Twice hand 手 and between: to divide 分 (... with the sword 刀 in 8 八 pieces)
Use both hands to divide, when: breaking.

	鹅
JLPT no HSK

é
Left: I, me 我 (In my hand 手 a halberd 戈 and I am myself), right: bird 鸟/鳥 [cf. chicken 鸡=you have your hand 又 on this bird 鸟]
(You have them as domestic livestock) My bird is the: goose.

	摹
JLPT no HSK

mó
Top: negative 莫 (sink, go down: The sun 日 is setting between plants 艹, 艹= 大), bottom: hand 手
(Made of wood is the negative mold 模) and the hand makes with it: an imitation.

	焘
JLPT no HSK

dào
Top: long life 寿 (two skillful hands 手 & 寸 are needed for Sushi 寿司 and you will have a long life.), bottom: fire 灬
(Oxygen reduction by a cover causes a slow burning:) A long life has the fire, if it is covered.

	挛
JLPT no HSK

luán
Top: also, namely 亦 (To see this variation 亦 as red 赤, you can also do.) [red 赤: When earth (clay) 土 is burned 灬, the pottery becomes red 赤], below: hand 手
Somehow reddish gets the hand when: twisted or cramped.

	掣
JLPT no HSK

chè
Top: system, to control 制 (A cow 牛 wrapped in cloth 巾 and with a knife刂: what a system), bottom: hand 手
The 'system' of the hand is: to pull.