打
JLPT HSK 1

dá, dǎ
Left: hand 扌, right: a nail 丁
The hand hits the nail with strikes.

	热
JLPT HSK 1

rè
Top: grasp, seize 执 (If you get your hand 扌 to that small bead 丸 you grasp it.), bottom: fire 灬 [bead, pill 丸 = A 'nine' 九 needs an additional stroke 丶 to become round like a pill/bead.]
If your hand holds a bead over the fire, it gets really hot.

	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)

	找
JLPT HSK 2

zhǎo
Left: hand 扌, right: halberd 戈:
(Think of a freelance job) If you want to get your hand on a halberd, you seek a job.

	报
JLPT HSK 2

bào
Left: hand 扌, right: bent person 卩 and a further hand 又
About the bent person with two different hands was informed in an announcement.

	据
JLPT HSK 3

jū, jù
Left: hand 扌, right: reside, live 居 (Where the buttock 尸 [side view] becomes old 古, he has his residence.)
Where the hand is "living", it wants to: occupy sth.

	提
JLPT HSK 3

dī, tí
Left: hand 扌, right: correct/indeed 是 (The sun 日 is correct 正) [And it is correct 正 to stop 止 at the line 一]
The hand is 'correct' for carrying sth.

	担
JLPT HSK 3

dān, dàn
Left: hand 扌, right: sunrise 旦 (sun 日 above the horizon 一)
The hand has already at sunrise the load carring on the shoulder.

	把
JLPT HSK 3

bǎ, bà
Left: hand 扌, right: to hope 巴 (Behind the doorknob 巴 you may hope.)
The hand at the doorknob stands for holding (or handle).

	换
JLPT HSK 3

huàn
Left: hand 扌, right: great, brilliant 奂 (shows a woman giving birth; recognizable in traditional form: 換 with: head ⺈, two breasts ハ and spread legs 人)
The hand took the babies at birth and exchanged them.

	择
JLPT HSK 3

zé, zhái
Left: hand 扌, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土.)
With your hand you pose vertically over (the desired goods) when: selecting.

	接
JLPT HSK 3

jiē
Left: hand 扌, right: stand 立, woman 女
(Shake) hands and stand up for the woman you want to make contact with.

	扫
JLPT HSK 3

sǎo, sào
Left: hand 扌, right: hand /彐, which was simplified from 掃 showing at the right a hand 彐holding a broom 冖巾.
It is the hand that holds the broom: to sweep.

	搬
JLPT HSK 3

bān
Left: hand 扌, right: manner, kind 般 (Boat 舟 is built with a battle-axe in the hand 又 in a particular manner.)
Hands are used in a certain manner for the transport.

	护
JLPT HSK 3

hù
Left: hand 扌, right: door 戸/ 户 (image of a sliding door with an upper rail)
Like a hand, also a door can: protect.

	掉
JLPT HSK 4

diào
Left: hand 扌, right: excellent 卓 ([before the day happens:] Fortune telling 卜 early at the morning 早 is excellent.) [卜 = divining = crack in turtle's shell]
(As a support/hold when falling) A hand is excellent, when you fall.

	持
JLPT HSK 4

chí
From left: radical for hand 扌, temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
Having a hand at the temple gives you a hold.

	推
JLPT HSK 4

tuī
Left: hand 扌, right: bird 隹
When the hand (touches) a bird, it can push it or pass it on.

	招
JLPT HSK 4

zhāo
Left: hand 扌, right: to call together 召 (... with the sword 刀 and the mouth 口)
Using the hand for calling together is beckoning or recruiting.

	授
JLPT HSK 4

shòu
Left: hand 扌, right: receive 受 (A hand 爫 from above holds a cover 冖, the other hand 又 receives it.)
With the hand, to receive sth. This is an instruction.

	批
JLPT HSK 4

pī
Left: hand 扌, right: compare 比 (two sitting persons 匕: compare them)
The hand that compares is criticizing.

	按
JLPT HSK 4

àn
Left: hand 扌/手, right: peaceful 安 (A woman 女 in the house 宀 makes it peaceful.)
(At a massage) The hand is peaceful, when it is pressing.

	举
JLPT HSK 4

jǔ
Top: flourish 兴 (flowers on a low table ), bottom: hand 扌
Under the table with the flowers is a hand for lifting it.

	扬
JLPT HSK 4

yáng
Left: hand 扌, right simplified from: 昜 (warming sun 日 with rays 勿)
Use your hands to let it shine in the sun: by raising it.

	抱
JLPT HSK 4

bào
Left: hand 扌, right: wrap 包 (self 己 wrapped 勹)
Her hands wrapped me in a hug.

	折
JLPT HSK 4

shé, zhē, zhé
Left: hand 扌, right: axe 斤
The hand with the axe breaks or causes a loss.

	抽
JLPT HSK 4

chōu
Left: hand 扌, right: reason 由 (The sprout/seedling 丨 in the field 田 has its reason.)
The hand takes the sprout/seedling 丨 from the field to pull it out.

	挂
JLPT HSK 4

guà
Left: hand 扌, right: 圭 (2x earth 土)
The hand needs something elevated, like double piled earth, to hang something.

	播
JLPT HSK 4

bō
Left: hand 扌, right: foreign 番 (The modified rice 釆 [= rice 米 with accent/emphasis ノ] on the field 田 is foreign.)
The hand puts the emphasized ノ rice (= selected for breeding) on the field when sowing or spreading.

	拒
JLPT HSK 4

jù
Left: hand 扌, right: huge 巨 (staring eye)
The hand is huge, it will resist.

	技
JLPT HSK 4

jì
Left: hand 扌, right: branch 支 (branch/twig 十 and hand 又)
A hand that balances a branch on the hand is skilled.

	抬
JLPT HSK 4

tái
Left: hand 扌, right: platform, rack 台 (That's the nose 厶 for the mouth 口)
If the hand brings sth. on a platform it has lifted or raised it.

	挺
JLPT HSK 4

tǐng
Left: hand 扌, right: judicial court 廷 (The movement 廴 of a scholar 士 with hat 壬 [= judge] to the court.)
The hand at the judicial court decides straight and upright.

	扰
JLPT HSK 4

rǎo
Left: hand 扌, right: outstanding 尤 (Despite the broken leg 尢 [= 乚] the emphasis 丶 makes the big 大 person: outstanding.)
Who believes that his hand is outstanding, will cause disturbances.

	排
JLPT HSK 4

pái, pǎi
Left: hand 扌, right: not 非 (two wings 羽 in opposite directions, here: three 三 elements at two rows ||
The hand sets three elements at two rows: in an order.

	擦
JLPT HSK 4

cā
Left: hand 扌, right: investigate 察 (When there is a cover 宀 over the sacrificial 祭 item on the alter 示, it is to be investigated.) [sacrify = 祭 = The body 月/肉 is put by hand on the altar 示 to sacrifice.]
The hand investigates by rubbing.

	拉
JLPT HSK 4

lā
Left: hand 扌, right: to stand 立
A hand on which sb. stands is pulled (back), such as a string instrument is pulled /played.

	扔
JLPT HSK 4

rēng
Left: hand 扌, right: therefore/thus 乃 (normally: "pregnancy belly", but here: hand grenade)
By hand the grenade is thrown.

	拾
JLPT HSK 4

shí
Left: hand 扌, right: fit 合 (The lid on the container 口 is fitting.)
A hand reaches the fitting to pick it up.

	扮
JLPT HSK 4

bàn
Left: hand 扌(=手), right: part, split 分 (Here: A person 人 with legs 儿 which however go to the left.)
If the hand and the person's legs go to the left, you have disguised yourself.

	指
JLPT HSK 4

zhǐ
Left: hand 扌, right top: sitting person 匕, below: sun 日
The hand of a sitting person points at the sun with: its finger.

	拍
JLPT HSK 5

pāi
Left: hand 扌, right: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white.)
("white finger disease" = blood circulatory disorder) The hand is white from (rhythmical) slapping.

	操
JLPT HSK 5

cāo, cào
Left: hand 扌, right: to gather 喿 (Three mouths 口 [beaks of birds] in a tree 木, where birds: gather.)
The hand is gathering/collecting, when (a lot) is grasped.

	括
JLPT HSK 5

kuò
Left: hand 扌, right: tongue 舌 (Thousand 千 mouths 口 with tongues.)
(At many actions) hands and tongue are included.

	投
JLPT HSK 5

tóu
Left: hand 扌, right: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又)
One hand holds the weapon, the other hand throws it.

	描
JLPT HSK 5

miáo
Left: hand 扌, right: seedling 苗 (The 'grass' 艹 on the field 田 are actually the seedlings.)
(The young shoots all look the same) The hand sets seedlings that copy each other. (= have the same depiction)

	挑
JLPT HSK 5

tiāo, tiǎo
Left: hand 扌, right: sign, omen 兆 (turtle shell used for divination, but here: ropes || with loads)
By hand and loaded ropes you carry on a shoulder pole.

	损
JLPT HSK 5

sǔn
Left: hand 扌, right: member 员/員 (Who has a mouth 口 and money 贝 can become a member.)
The hand of the member is injured.

	摸
JLPT HSK 5

mō
Left: hand 扌, right: negative 莫 (to sink/go down: sunset 日 between plants 艹 =大) [sunrise is: 旦 or ]
The hand can, after sunset, only feel.

	摄
JLPT HSK 5

shè
Left: hand 扌, right: whisper 聂 (To the ear 耳 with both hands 双 and we whisper.)
By a hand or the ear, but (best) use both hands to take sth. in to absorb.

	抢
JLPT HSK 5

qiāng, qiǎng
Left: hand 扌, right: warehouse 仓 (Here: Person 人 and slumped person 㔾)
The hands of the two persons fight over sth.

	摇
JLPT HSK 5

yáo
Left: hand 扌, right: hand reaching down 爫, below: can, jar 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
The hand reaches downwards to the can, to shake it.

	挥
JLPT HSK 5

huī
Left: hand 扌/手, right: army, military 军 (.. with camouflaged 冖 vehicles 车/車)
When using a hand for commanding an army, you are waving it.

	插
JLPT HSK 5

chā
Left: hand 扌, right: 臿 (pestle 千 in mortar 臼 [=it is pressed from both sides E,彐 ])
By hand put the pestle into the mortar: by inserting.

	撞
JLPT HSK 5

zhuàng
Left: hand 扌, right: child 童 (is standing 立 in the village 里 [= Fields 田 and earth 土 belong to a village])
If a hand hits a child, it can only be a random knocking or bumping.

	搜
JLPT HSK 5

sōu
Left: hand 扌, right: old gentleman 叟 (supports himself with his hands E, 彐 on the stick 丨, which serves as the 3rd hand 又)
With these four hands one stick is investigated.

	执
JLPT HSK 5

zhí
Left: hand 扌/手, right: small bead 丸 (A 'nine' 九 needs an additional stroke 丶 to become round like a pill)
If you have a small bead in your hand, you hold it.

	抓
JLPT HSK 5

zhuā
Left: hand 扌, right: claw 爪
The hand becomes a claw when: grabbing or arresting.

	扶
JLPT HSK 5

fú
Left: hand 扌, right: husband 夫 (The big 大 person with the extra-caring arms 一 is the husband.)
The hand of the husband is a support.

	挤
JLPT HSK 5

jǐ
Left: hand 扌, right: be in the same level 齐 (A written text 文 lays flatly on two vertical sticks 丿|, that are in the same level.)
When the hands are on the same level, it is a crowded throng.

	控
JLPT HSK 5

kòng
Left: hand 扌, right: sky 空 (... appears, where a hole 穴 is built 工 in.)
The hand, that built the hole, should be: accused.

	抖
JLPT HSK 5

dǒu
Left: hand 扌, right: measure of volume 斗 (stylised ladle (1 dǒu = 10 l) with sth. in it)
As the hand hold the (heavy) ladle, it began to tremble.

	押
JLPT HSK 5

yā
Left: hand 扌, right: shell/armor 甲 (The seedling 丨 cracks its shell/husk 田)
The hand pushes into a "shell" when: detaining.

	拼
JLPT HSK 5

pīn
Left: hand 扌, right: combine 并 (When coming out 丷 the gate 开 of a buddh. temple you shall be united.)
The hand that combines is: uniting.

	握
JLPT HSK 5

wò
Left: hand 扌, right: house, building 屋 (buttock seen from the side 尸, and: reach 至 [falling arrow 厶 reaching the ground 土])
When the hand has reached the buttocks, it grasps it.

	挣
JLPT HSK 5

zhēng, zhèng
Left: hand 扌, right: dispute/fight 争 (A bent person ⺈ with stick 亅 in hand looking for a dispute.)
Use your hand in the fight to get free and earn money.

	扩
JLPT HSK 5

kuò
Left: hand 扌, right: building 广
Put your hand on the building to enlarge it.

	挡
JLPT HSK 5

dǎng, dàng
Left: hand 扌, right: 当 (=small 小 hand /彐)
With a hand, a small hand is kept off.

	拥
JLPT HSK 5

yōng
Left: hand 扌, right: use, employ 用 (A fence 用 can be used.)
The hand is used for embracing.

	托
JLPT HSK 5

tuō
Left: hand 扌, right: 乇 (often: rooted plant, but here: the hand's palm with lines)
If you have sth. in the hand's palm, you got it: entrusted.

	拦
JLPT HSK 5

lán
Left: hand 扌, right: orchid 兰 (three 三 petals)
The hand is for a backless sheep 羊 an obstruction.

	摘
JLPT HSK 5

zhāi
Left: hand 扌, right: old emperor 啇 (mix of emperor 帝 [He stands 立 and is covered 冖 with cloth 巾] and old 古)
The hand of the old emperor is picking/plucking sth.

	披
JLPT HSK 5

pī
Left: hand 扌, right: skin 皮 (A hand 又 with a knife 丨 peels off the skin 厂)
The hand peels off the skin and lays it open.

	拆
JLPT HSK 5

chāi
Left: hand 扌, right: blame, accuse 斥 (.. for the notch 丶 in the axe 斤)
The hand must be blamed because it has teared sth. open.

	抄
JLPT HSK 5

chāo
Left: hand 扌, right: little 少
If your (own) hand only does a little, you are copying.

	拐
JLPT HSK 5

guǎi
Left: hand 扌, right: another 另 (If it doesn't work with words 口, you have to try it with force 力: That's sth. different.)
I feel a hand 扌 over my mouth 口 and a force 力 - I am kidnapped!

	捐
JLPT HSK 5

juān
Left: hand 扌(手), right: small worm 肙 (The head 口 is as big as the body 月/肉)
On the hand a small worm, which I contribute as taxation.

	摔
JLPT HSK 5

shuāi
Left: hand 扌, right: ratio 率 (rotary disks 亠,十 turn threads 糸 into small parts 冫 in that ratio)
The hand creates a ratio (of broken parts), if it lets it fall (& break).

	振
JLPT HSK 5

zhèn
Left: hand 扌, right: 'early morning' 辰 =image of: plowing (At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农.)
Only one hand at the plow lets it: vibrate and shake.

	搞
JLPT HSK 5

gǎo
Left: hand 扌, right: high 高 (image of a guard tower)
With a hand high as a guard tower, you can accomplish.

	捡
JLPT HSK 5

jiǎn
Left: Hand 扌, right: together 佥 (person 人 as one 一 with three ツ together, here: as a trashcan 佥 with a lid )
(For a clean city) The hands should that stuff for the trashcan: to pick up.

	措
JLPT HSK 5

cuò
Left: hand 扌, right: old days 昔 (Together 共 in the sun 日 we think of old days)
By hands in the old days measures were handled and managed.

	摆
JLPT HSK 5

bǎi
Left: hand 扌, right: cease, quit 罢 (In a drag net 罒 [cf. 网] you are left 去 and it will cease) [leave= 去 =Below ground 土 is the nose 厶, which has left]
The hand shall quit with arranging and moving things.

	捷
JLPT HSK 6

jié
Left: hand 扌, right: 疌 (middle: hand with stick 尹, rest: correct 正) Here: 疌 as part of eyelashes 睫
The hand holding the stick correctly in the hand is quick and will have a victory. OR: A hand being as fast as eyelashes is: quick.

	撒
JLPT HSK 6

sā, sǎ
Left: hand 扌, right: to disperse, scatter 散 (Together 共 in the moonshine 月 to strike 攵/攴 and then disperse.)
When you use your hand to disperse, this means: 'to let go'.

	扭
JLPT HSK 6

niǔ
Left: hand 扌, right: ugly 丑 (ugly variation of hand 彐, here: bearing point コ with pivot +)
By hand at the bearing point around the pivot sth. can be rotated.

	拨
JLPT HSK 6

bō
Left: hand 扌, right: to send out 发 (The mountain 山 was drawn by the hand 又 untidy, but [the letter] needs to be sent out.)
When the hands 'sends out', it means: to push.

	捉
JLPT HSK 6

zhuō
Left: hand 扌, right: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止)
You need hands and feet (to run after) for: capturing.

	撤
JLPT HSK 6

chè
From left: hand 扌, give birth, educate 育 (The new born baby [=child 子 upside down, as head first at birth] has a body 月, that is born and raised), strikes 攵/攴
The hand raises and educates with strikes and then removes/withdraws.

	搭
JLPT HSK 6

dā
Left: hand 扌, right: 荅 (plant 艹, to fit 合 (The lid on the pot 口)
The hand picks plants, that fit, to build up (sth. like a pagode 塔)

	挖
JLPT HSK 6

wā
Left: hand 扌, right: 穵 (hole 穴, second 乙 [Thenumber 'two' 二 written quickly, without lifting the pen.])
By hand the hole is made by the two of us: by digging.

	掠
JLPT HSK 6

lüè
Left: hand 扌, right: capital 京 (image of a stone lantern)
By hand from the capital the stone lantern is plundered.

	拔
JLPT HSK 6

bá
Left: hand 手, right: 犮 (friend 友 [= They shake hands ,又 because they are friends.] and emphasis 丶)
You need three hands for that 丶, to be pulled out.

	携
JLPT HSK 6

xié
Left: hand 扌, right: 隽 bird 隹, below: 乃 (pregnancy belly in side view; cf. pregnancy 孕, where a child 子 comes out of that womb 乃)
The hand holds the bird around the corpus/belly to carry it along.

	拖
JLPT HSK 6

tuō
Left: hand 扌, right: 㐌 (person lying down , twisting creature 也 (e.g. snake)
By hand you get a 'straight lying person' from a 'bent creature', when you pull on it.

	掩
JLPT HSK 6

yǎn
Left: hand 扌, right: suddenly 奄 (i.e. lightning stroke: The big 大 electricity 电 comes suddenly.) [electricity 电 = field 田 with lightning arrester 乚]
The hand makes a sudden movement to conceal sth.

	捕
JLPT HSK 6

bǔ
Left: hand 扌, right: just now 甫 (A hand for holding an item 丶 is what I use/need 用 just now) [to use: 用 = A fence 用 can be used.]
The hand does it just now: To catch! (quick movement)

	挨
JLPT HSK 6

āi, ái
Left: Hand 扌, right: end-particle 矣 (If the nose 厶 is hit by an arrow 矢, it is the end.) [arrow 矢 = An arrow ノ in the sky 天]
A hand's width (distance) from the nose was that arrow: That was closely adjacent.

	拟
JLPT HSK 6

nǐ
Left: hand 扌, right: to use 以 (The scratch plow レ has cut a plow furrow 丶, which a person 人 uses)
Before your hand is used, it should be planned.

	扯
JLPT HSK 6

chě
Left: hand 扌, right: to stop 止 (Footprint of a right foot that stops at a line 一)
By hand or a stopped foot you can make things tear.

	抹
JLPT HSK 6

mǒ, mò, mā
Left: hand 扌, right: end 末 (The top branch 一 of the tree 木 marks the end)
The hand has an end (namely: the fingertips), which you use to: wipe (away) or smear.

	拘
JLPT HSK 6

jū
Left: hand 扌, right: sentence 句 (= sth. wrapped 勹 out of the mouth 口, Here: a gripping ="wrapping" 勹 hand and another wrist in cross-section 口)
The hand "enwraps" a wrist at the arrest.

	扑
JLPT HSK 6

pū
Left: hand 扌, right: forking of a way 卜
If your hand is at the fork of a way, you can throw yourself in the right direction.

	探
JLPT HSK 6

tàn
Left: hand 扌, right: 罙 (var. of hole 穴, tree 木)
The hand in the hole of the tree is exploring.

	摊
JLPT HSK 6

tān
Left: hand 扌, right: difficult 难 (By hand 又 [to catch] a bird 隹 is difficult)
By hand (to select) is difficult, if it is not spread out.

	摧
JLPT HSK 6

cuī
Left: hand 扌, right: high mountain 崔 (= mountain 山 only for birds 隹)
(To throw) by hand a "high mountain" on a bird brings destruction.

	啦
JLPT HSK 6

lā, la
Left: mouth 口, right: pull (string instrument) 拉
With my mouth, the hand 扌 and my standpoint 立 I make an exclamation at the sentence-final.

	援
JLPT HSK 6

yuán
Left: hand 扌, right: to help 爰 (a hand reaches down 爫 to give a rope ノ [with two 二 knots] and another hand 又 takes this help.)
A hand helps to help.

	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.

	挪
JLPT HSK 6

nuó
Left: hand 手, right: this/that/before 那 (A double- 二 edged sword 刀 in the village ⻏, what means this?)
By hand this can be shifted.

	抗
JLPT HSK 6

kàng
Left: hand 扌, right: overbearing 亢 (image of the navigator 亢 from navigation 航 as a sturdy person with a broad neck)
With the hands, the person with the broad neck will resist.

	掘
JLPT HSK 6

jué
Left: hand 扌, right: stoop/crouch 屈 (The buttock 尸 [= butt's crack] comes out 出 when crouching. = "plumber's crack or smile")
You use your hands and you are crouched, when: digging.

	掏
JLPT HSK 6

tāo
Left: hand 扌, right: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵 ])
You need your hand for something packed, to fish it out from your pocket.

	挽
JLPT HSK 6

wǎn
Left: hand 扌, right: avoid, escape 免 (an escaping rabbit 兔: long ears ⺈, big eyes 罒, legs 儿, but without tail 丶) [cf.exchange 换]
From this hand is no escape because it is pulling and leading you.

	拓
JLPT HSK 6

tà, tuò
Left: hand 扌, right: stone 石
The hand (removes) stones at the: land clearing.

	扣
JLPT HSK 6

kòu
Left: hand 扌, right: mouth 口 (here: buttonhole)
With the hand at the buttonhole you can button or draw your discount.

	捧
JLPT HSK 6

pěng
Left: hand 扌, right: hand over respectfully 奉 (Three 三 persons 人 stretch out hand 扌,手 respectfully for the offering.)
When hands are handing over sth., they hold it up.

	搏
JLPT HSK 6

bó
Left: hand 扌, right: to announce 尃 (just now 甫 with skillful hand 寸)
Use the hand just now with skillful hands to fight.

	拢
JLPT HSK 6

lǒng
Left: Hand 扌, right: dragon 龙 (The outstanding 丶 person 尢/尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a dragon ノ)
(From the standpoint of a beetle) The hand resembles a dragon when it gathers.

	擅
JLPT HSK 6

shàn
Left: hand 扌, right: 亶 (cover 亠, rotate 回, sun rise 旦)
(A rotatable blind [= jalousie] at the window) The hand that turns the cover, before the sunrise, does this: unauthorized.

	搁
JLPT HSK 6

gē
Left: hand 扌, right: pavilion 阁 (Behind the gate 门 everybody 各 has his pavilion.)
By hand they direct you in the pavilion to: your place.

	挫
JLPT HSK 6

cuò
Left: hand 扌, right: to sit 坐 (Two persons 人 sit on the earth 土) [cf. seat 座]
The hand on which he sat, became obstructed and this made him fail.

	掀
JLPT HSK 6

xiān
Left: to break 折 (The hand 扌with an axe 斤 breaks or causes a loss.), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth) (cf. happy 欣)
It will break, if it has a lack/deficiency and you try: to lift it.

	捏
JLPT HSK 6

niē
Left: hand 扌, right: sun 日 (Here: thumb and index finger pressing against each other), Earth 土
If a hand has some earth between its fingers, it has picked it up.

	抵
JLPT HSK 6

dǐ
Left: hand 扌, right: foundation 氐 (family 氏 is at the "bottom" _ sitting on the floor) [Family 氏 = A distorted person 人 = 亻= 厂 together with "Plus +" as multiplier makes a family.]
A hand pushing against the 'floor', when propping up (= pressing against).

	揭
JLPT HSK 6

jiē
Left: hand 扌, right: interrogation 曷 (= The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.)
The hand during an interrogation will unmask sth.

	捞
JLPT HSK 6

lāo
Left: hand 扌, right: to struggle 劳 (To transform the growing plants 艹 into a flat top layer 冖 requires strength 力 and a struggle.)
By hand, it is a struggle to fish up sth.

	垫
JLPT HSK 6

diàn
Top: grasp, seize 执 (If you get your hand 扌to that small bead 丸 you grasp it.), bottom: earth 土
By hand the beads/pills (are spread) to form: a mattress.

	掷
JLPT HSK 6

zhì
Left: hand 扌, right: serious, solemn 郑 (If the mountain pass 丷 in the sky 天 is closed 关, for the village ⻏ this will be: serious.)
By hand out of 丷 into the sky over the village it was tossed.

	抛
JLPT HSK 6

pāo
From left: hand 扌, vari. of nine 九, force 力
In the hand you need nine-fold force for throwing.

	捆
JLPT HSK 6

kǔn
Left: hand 扌, right: surrounded, distress 困 (By the enclosure 囗 the tree 木 is in distress)
The hand "surrounds" sth, if it ties together as a bundle.

	搅
JLPT HSK 6

jiǎo
Left: hand 扌, right: awake 觉 (When the light beams fall through the cover 冖 on your seeing 见/見 eyes 目 you awake from sleep)
A hand, that just awakes, disturbs.

	拙
JLPT HSK 6

zhuó
Left: hand 扌, right: come/go out 出 (Two mountains 山 coming out one after the other)
(i.e. at a traditional robe:) If a hand comes out, it looks clumsy and awkward.

	捣
JLPT HSK 6

dǎo
Left: hand 扌, right: island 岛 (What (only) a bird 鸟/鳥 can reach, with a mountain 山 is an island.)
If a hand hits on a bird in a mountain-like way, it will be smashed.

	挠
JLPT HSK 6

náo
Left: hand 扌, right: Emperor Tang Yao 尧 (var. of halberd 戈 and table )
In his hand he had a halberd and made on the table: a scratch.

	搂
JLPT HSK 6

lōu, lǒu
Left: hand 扌, right: to collect 娄 (Rice grains 米 are by women 女 been: collected.)
The hands collect when gathering.

	抚
JLPT HSK 6

fǔ
Left: hand 扌, right: denial 无 (legs 儿 crossed out twice 二)
With your hand twice 二 over the legs 儿, when: caressing.

	揉
JLPT HSK 6

róu
Left: hand 扌, right: soft, flexible 柔 (A spear 矛 from the upper part of a tree 木 is soft&flexible)
The hand makes it soft and flexible when kneading at the massage.

	撇
JLPT HSK 6

piē, piě
Left: hand 扌, right: shabby, (humble) I 敝 (The cloth 巾 is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.)
In the hand is the shabby, which is thrown away.

	拣
JLPT HSK 6

jiǎn
Left: hand 扌, right: variant from the east 东/東 (The sun 日 rises behind a tree 木 in the east.)
(First come = free choice) The hand that comes first in the morning (=the sun still behind the trees) can choose.

	撼
JLPT HSK 6

hàn
Left: hand 扌, right: feelings 感 (= a salty 咸 heart 心 is a feeling) [salty 咸 = The taste is for the person 人 (= ノ & 一) in the mouth 口 like a halberd 戈 such salty]
In the hand you have a feeling for: vibrations / a shaking.

	扛
JLPT HSK 6

gāng, káng
Left: hand 扌, right: work(er) 工
By hand, the worker has to carry on his shoulders.

	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.

	抒
JLPT HSK 6

shū
Left: hand 扌, right: give, bestow 予 (The bent person マ has a nail 丁 to give.)
A hand can give to express sth.

	扎
JLPT HSK 6

zā, zhā, zhá
Left: hand 扌, right: hook 乚
In the hand is a hook for tying up or pricking.

	搓
JLPT HSK 6

cuō
Left: hand 扌, right: difference 差 (A sheep 羊 with a bent ノ leg and a craftsman 工 have a difference.)
In your hand you have (wool from) the sheep and it is work (when spinning) to rub or twist it.

	扒
JLPT HSK 6

bā, pá
Left: hand 扌, right: eight 八, (here variant of: grab/catch 抓 [The hand 扌 as a claw 爪 for: grabbing or arresting]
The hand is claw-like for: clinging or holding.

	拧
JLPT HSK 6

níng, nǐng, nìng
Left: hand 扌, right: peace, calm 宁 (If the roof 宀 is built with nails 丁, you have your peace.)
If the hand is covering 宀 and acts like a nail, it pinches.

	拽
JLPT HSK 6

zhuāi, zhuài, yè
Left: hand 扌, right: to drag 曳 (A [deformed] person 人 with a heavy load 日 on the shoulders who is dragging or pulling.)
A hand of the draging person, is: draging or pulling.

	捍
JLPT HSK 6

hàn
Left: hand 扌, right: drought 旱 (The sun 日 has dried 干.)
By hand the drought is warded off.

	搀
JLPT HSK 6

chān
Left hand 扌, right: avoid, escape 免 (an escaping rabbit 兔: long ears ⺈, big eyes 罒, legs 儿), two strokes 丶丶but without tail 丶)
The hand that leads you like a rabbit over the ice 冫: assists you by an arm.

	掐
JLPT HSK 6

qiā
Left: hand 扌, right: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ over a pit trap 臼)
The hand acts like a "pitfall" when picking sth. or pinching.

	抑
JLPT HSK 6

yì
Left: hand 扌, right: 卬 ([at the left] an odd person 人 bowing down 卩 deeply [at the right])
The hand that makes an 'odd' person to 'bow down deeply' is: repressing or restraining.

	揍
JLPT HSK 6

zòu
Left: hand 扌, right: make musik 奏 (Three 三 persons 人 perform 'heaven-like' 天 music.)
As if "the hand is making music", it is when you are beating up sb.

	攒
JLPT HSK 6

cuán, zǎn
Left: hand 扌, right: to praise, endorse 赞 (Foremost 先先 with money 贝 payments, one can praise and endorse.)
That hand is praised, that brings together.

	拌
JLPT HSK 6

bàn
Left: hand 扌, right: half 半 (A knife cuts 丨 a birthday cake 二 with candles 丷 in half.)
The hand needs to halve before mixing.

	捎
JLPT HSK 6

shāo
Left: hand 手, right: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
In his hand is a small body/object to: deliver.

	拄
JLPT HSK 6

zhǔ
Left: hand 扌, right: master, owner 主 (I emphasize 丶, the king 王 is the master.)
The hand serves as a master, when you lean on it.

	挎
JLPT HSK 6

kuà
Left: hand 扌, right: boast 夸 (With part of jaw 咢 [=two teeth 口, tongue 一, lower jaw 丂], such that your big/extreme 太 jaw 丂 is boasting.)
The hand can boast, when a carrying a load over the arm.

	拯
JLPT no HSK

zhěng
Left: hand 扌, right: deputy, assist, rescue 丞 (The strokes at top 乛 and bottom 一 give for the water the channel of (freedom of action) that the deputy has.)
A hand takes you out of the water-channel when rescuing.

	揽
JLPT no HSK

lǎn
Left: hand 扌, right: to look at 览 (The cut 刂 bamboo 竹 is what I am looking 见/見 at.)
The hand wants the cut bamboo, which he saw and: seizes it.

	啪
JLPT no HSK

pā
Left: mouth 口, right: to slap, to pat 拍 (The hand 扌 is white 白 from slapping)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) of a slap is: bang!

	挟
JLPT no HSK

xié
Left: hand 扌 right: squeezed in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed; cf. 挾)
A hand that is squeezed in, is "coercing".

	擒
JLPT no HSK

qín
Left hand 扌, right: poultry 禽 (The image of a chicken coop with a ladder 禸 stands: for poultry)
By hand the poultry can be: captured.

	扼
JLPT no HSK

è
Left: hand 扌, right: distress 厄 (below the cliff 厂 a crouching person 㔾 is in distress)
A hand in distress will grip forcefully.

	拚
JLPT no HSK

pàn, pīn
Left: hand 扌, right: 弁 (nose 厶, two hands 廾)
The hand is used to cover the nose with the hands and this means: rejection.

	拇
JLPT no HSK

mǔ
Left: hand 扌, right: mother 母 (= woman 女 with emphasized, swollen bosom : when breast-feeding)
At the hand it is seen as the 'mother', the: thumb.

	揣
JLPT no HSK

chuāi, chuài
Left: Hand 扌, right: concentrated 耑 (like a mountain 山 of beards 而)
The hand is concentrated, if it holds something with it.

	揪
JLPT no HSK

jiū
Left: hand 扌, right: autumn 秋 (when the rice plants 禾 are on fire 火)
(In autumn you have to collect for the winter) The hand in autumn seizes.

	捂
JLPT no HSK

wǔ
Left: hand 扌, right: I, my 吾
The hand of mine can cover or resist.

	扳
JLPT no HSK

bān, pān
Left: hand 扌, right: contrary 反 (Climbing the cliff 厂 by hand 又? I am opposing)
The hand does sth. contrary when: pulling or turning.

	拴
JLPT no HSK

shuān
Left: hand 手, right: all 全 (The person 人 of the king 王 means all.)
(against theft) By hand everything is tied up.

	撰
JLPT no HSK

zhuàn
Left: hand 扌, right: 巽 (self 己, together 共)
By hand things which were 'each themselves' (= words) are made into a: 'together' (= a composition), when: composing.

	拷
JLPT no HSK

kǎo
Left: hand 扌, right: to check, verify 考 (From the ground 土 with a stick ノ the seeweed 丂 is checked.)
The hand should (first) check, before it beats.

	拱
JLPT no HSK

gǒng
Left: hand 扌, right: together 共 (Put the plants 艹 on the table together)
Both hands together can cup against for surrounding sth.

	掺
JLPT no HSK

chān, shǎn
Left: hand 扌, right: participate 参 (Where the simplified woman ム with the big 大 hair 彡 is, I like to participate.)
A hand that participates is: mixing.

	拭
JLPT no HSK

shì
Left: hand 扌, right: type/style 式 (Craftsmen 工 make sabres 弋 in their (preferred) type.)
The hand has a good style if it wipes stains away.

	捅
JLPT no HSK

tǒng
Left: hand 扌, right: 甬 (bent person マ, use/usage 用 [A fence 用 can be used.]).
The hand at the bent person is needed, when poking.

	拎
JLPT no HSK

līn, līng
Left: hand 扌, right: order, command 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered)
When the hand is ordered, it: holds.

	抨
JLPT no HSK

pēng
Left: hand 扌, right: flat, equal 平 (= image of a scales)
(When striking a clout/slap in the face) The hand is flat (open) at this attack.

	攘
JLPT no HSK

rǎng
Left: hand 扌, right: to help, assist 襄 (For covering 亠 both [=two pieces 口] wells 井 with cloth 衣, I need help!)
The hand can help because it can resist.

	搔
JLPT no HSK

sāo
Left: hand 扌, right: 蚤 (fork 叉, insect 虫)
The hand that pricks like a hand 又 with a fork 丶 or like an insect, causes: a scratch.

	掳
JLPT no HSK

lǔ
Left: hand 扌, right: cature, seize 虏 (With a tiger 虍 you need force 力 to capture it.)
The hand: captures.

	捻
JLPT no HSK

niǎn
Left: Hand 扌, right: remembrance 念 (now 今 with the heart 心 to remember)
The hand remembers how to twirl.

	捶
JLPT no HSK

chuí
Left: hand 扌, right: hang (down), droop 垂 (a vehicle 車 with a loose tire that almost drops off)
The hand hangs (or moves) downwards, when: beating with the fist.