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扌hand (left)kanji family

扌 is the hand (left) component. Explore the 81 kanji that use it — compare their structure, readings, meanings, and example vocabulary on the map. It is the form 手 takes inside another kanji.

Kangxi radical 64

北northJLPT N5 持hold, possessJLPT N4 打strike, hitJLPT N3 払pay, clear outJLPT N3 投throw, discardJLPT N3 折fold, breakJLPT N3 抜slip out, extractJLPT N3 抱embrace, hugJLPT N3 押push, stopJLPT N3 招beckon, inviteJLPT N3 指finger, point toJLPT N3 捕catch, captureJLPT N3 掛hang, suspendJLPT N3 探grope, searchJLPT N3 技skill, artJLPT N2 担shouldering, carryJLPT N2 拝worship, adoreJLPT N2 拾pick up, gatherJLPT N2 挟pinch, betweenJLPT N2 捜search, look forJLPT N2 捨discard, throw awayJLPT N2 掃sweep, brushJLPT N2 掘dig, delveJLPT N2 採pick, takeJLPT N2 接touch, contactJLPT N2 換interchange, periodJLPT N2 損damage, lossJLPT N2 扱handle, entertainJLPT N1 扶aid, helpJLPT N1 批criticism, strikeJLPT N1 把grasp, faggotJLPT N1 抑repress, wellJLPT N1 抗confront, resistJLPT N1 択choose, selectJLPT N1 披expose, openJLPT N1 抵resist, reachJLPT N1 抹rub, paintJLPT N1 抽pluck, pullJLPT N1 拍clap, beat (music)JLPT N1 拐kidnap, falsifyJLPT N1 拒repel, refuseJLPT N1 拓clear (the land), openJLPT N1 拘arrest, seizeJLPT N1 拙bungling, clumsyJLPT N1 拠foothold, based onJLPT N1 拡broaden, extendJLPT N1 括fasten, tie upJLPT N1 拷torture, beatJLPT N1 挑challenge, contend forJLPT N1 哲philosophy, clearJLPT N1 振shake, waveJLPT N1 挿insert, put inJLPT N1 逝departed, dieJLPT N1 据set, lay a foundationJLPT N1 授impart, instructJLPT N1 排repudiate, excludeJLPT N1 控withdraw, draw inJLPT N1 推conjecture, inferJLPT N1 措set aside, give upJLPT N1 掲put up (a notice), put upJLPT N1 描sketch, composeJLPT N1 提propose, take alongJLPT N1 揚raise, elevateJLPT N1 握grip, holdJLPT N1 揮brandish, waveJLPT N1 援abet, helpJLPT N1 揺swing, shakeJLPT N1 搭board, load (a vehicle)JLPT N1 搬conveyor, carryJLPT N1 携portable, carry (in hand)JLPT N1 搾squeezeJLPT N1 摂vicarious, surrogateJLPT N1 摘pinch, pickJLPT N1 誓vow, swearJLPT N1 撤remove, withdrawJLPT N1 撮snapshot, take picturesJLPT N1 撲slap, strikeJLPT N1 擁hug, embraceJLPT N1 操maneuver, manipulateJLPT N1 擦grate, rubJLPT N1 擬mimic, aim (a gun) atJLPT N1

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