# Radical 64

Radical 64 or radical hand (手部) meaning "hand" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.
When appearing as a left-side component, this radical is almost always written as 扌 (notable exceptions: 拜, although Japanese shinjitai analogizes it to 拝; and dialectal characters 掰, 搿), while it becomes a vertically compressed 手 when appearing as a bottom component.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 1203 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
手 is also the 80th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with 扌 being its associated indexing component.

## Evolution

* Bronze script character
* Large seal script character
* Small seal script character

## Derived characters

| Strokes | Characters |
| +0 | 手 扌$^{Componentonly}$ 才 |
| +1 | 扎 |
| +2 | 扐 扑 (also SC form of 撲) 扒 打 扔 払$^{JP}$ (=拂) 扖 扏 |
| +3 | 扗 托 扙 扚 扛 扜 扝 扞 扟 扠 扡 扢 扣 扤 扥 扦 执$^{SC}$ (=執 -> 土) 扨 扩$^{SC}$ (=擴) 扪$^{SC}$ (=捫) 扫$^{SC}$ (=掃) 扬$^{SC}$ (=揚) |
| +4 | 扭 扮 扯 扰$^{SC}$ (=擾) 扱 扲 扳 扴 扵 (=於 -> 方) 扶 扷 扸 批 扺 扻 扼 扽 找 承 技 抁 抂 抃 抄 抅 抆 抇 抈 抉 把 抋 抌 抍 抎 抏 抐 抑 抒 抓 抔 投 抖 抗 折 抙 抚$^{SC}$ (=撫) 抛$^{SC}$ (=拋) 抜$^{JP}$ (=拔) 抝 択$^{JP}$ (=擇) 抟$^{SC}$ (=摶) 抠$^{SC}$ (=摳) 抡$^{SC}$ (=掄) 抢$^{SC}$ (=搶) 抣 护$^{SC}$ (=護 -> 言) 报$^{SC}$ (=報 -> 土) 拒$^{SCvariant}$ |
| +5 | 抦 抧 抨 抩 抪 披 抬 抭 抮 抯 抰 抱 抳 抴 抵 抶 抷 抸 抹 抺 抻 押 抽 抾 抿 拀 拁 拂 拃 拄 担$^{SC/JP}$ (=擔) 拆 拇 拈 拉 拊 拋 拌 拍 拎 拏 拐$^{SC}$/拐$^{TC}$ 拑 拒$^{TC/JPvariant}$ 拓 拔$^{SC}$/拔$^{TC}$ 拕 拖 拗 拘 拙 拚 招 拜 拝$^{JP}$ (=拜) 拞 拟$^{SC}$ (=擬) 拠$^{JP}$ (=據) 拡$^{JP}$ (=擴) 拢$^{SC}$ (=攏) 拣$^{SC}$ (=揀) 拤 拥$^{SC}$ (=擁) 拦$^{SC}$ (=攔) 拧$^{SC}$ (=擰) 拨$^{SC}$ (=撥) 择$^{SC}$ (=擇) |
| +6 | 拪 拫 括 拭 拮 拯 拰 拱 拲 拳 拴 拵 拶 拷 拸 拹 拺 拻 拼 拽 拾 拿 挀 持 挂 挃 挄 挅 挆 指 挈 按 挊 挋 挌 挍 挎 挏 挐 挑 挒 挓 挔 挕 挖 挗 挘 挙$^{JP}$ (=舉) 挚$^{SC}$ (=摯) 挛$^{SC}$ (=攣) 挜$^{SC}$ (=掗) 挝$^{SC}$ (=撾) 挞$^{SC}$ (=撻) 挟$^{SC/JP}$ (=挾) 挠$^{SC}$ (=撓) 挡$^{SC}$ (=擋) 挢$^{SC}$ (=撟) 挣$^{SC}$ (=掙) 挤$^{SC}$ (=擠) 挥$^{SC}$ (=揮) 挦$^{SC}$ (=撏) 挧 |
| +7 | 挨 挩 挪 挫 挬 挭 挮 振 挰 挱 挲 挳 挴 挵 挶 挷 挸 挹 挺 挻 挼 挽 挾 挿$^{JP}$ (=插) 捀 捁 捂 捃 捄 捅 捆 捇 捈 捉 捊 捋 捌 捍 捎 捏 捐 捑 捒 捓 捔 捕 捖 捘 捙 捚 捛 捜 捝$^{SC}$ (=挩) 捞$^{SC}$ (=撈) 损$^{SC}$ (=損) 捠 捡$^{SC}$ (=撿) 换$^{SC}$ (=換) 捣$^{SC}$ (=搗) 捤 |
| +8 | 捗 捥 捦 捧 捨$^{TC}$/捨$^{JP}$ 捩 捪 捫 捬 捭 据 捯 捰 捱 捳 捴 (=總 -> 糸) 捵 捶$^{SC/JPvariant}$ 捷 捸 捹 捺 捻 捼 捽 捾 捿 掀 掁 掂 掃 掄 掅 掆 掇 授 掉 掊 掋 掌 掍 掎 掏 掐 掑 排 掓 掔 掕 掖 掗 掘 掙 掚 掛 掜 掝 掞 掟 掠 採 探 掣 掤 接 掦 控 推 掩 措 掫 掬 掭 掮 掯 掰 掱 掲$^{JP}$ (=揭) 掳$^{SC}$ (=擄) 掴$^{SC/JP}$ (=摑) 掵$^{JP}$ 掶 (=捷) 掷$^{SC}$ (=擲) 掸$^{SC}$ (=撣) 掹 掺$^{SC}$ (=摻) 掻$^{JP}$ (=搔) 掼$^{SC}$ (=摜) 掽 (=碰 -> 石) 掿$^{SCvariant}$ 描$^{SC/JPvariant}$ |
| +9 | 捶$^{TCvariant}$ 捲 掾 掿$^{TCvariant}$ 揀 揁 揂 揃 揄 揅 揆 揇 揈 揉 揊 揋 揌 揍 揎 描$^{TCvariant}$ 提 揑 (=捏) 插 揓 揔 揕 揖 揗 揘 揙 揚 換 揜 揝 揞 揟 揠 握 揢 揣 揤 揥 揦 揧 揨 揩 揪 揫 揬 揭 揮 揯 揰 揱 揲 揳 援 揵 揶 揷 (=插) 揸 揹 揺$^{JP}$ (=搖) 揻 揼 揽$^{SC}$ (=攬) 揾$^{SC/HK}$ (=搵) 揿$^{SC}$ (=撳) 搀$^{SC}$ (=攙) 搁$^{SC}$ (=擱) 搂$^{SC}$ (=摟) 搃 搄$^{SC}$ (=揯) 搅$^{SC}$ (=攪) 搑$^{SCvariant}$ 搓$^{SCvariant}$ 搔$^{SCvariant}$ 搥$^{SCvariant}$ 搭$^{SCvariant}$ 搰$^{SCvariant}$ 搽$^{SCvariant}$ |
| +10 | 搆 搇 搈 搉 搊 搋 搌 損 搎 搏 搐 搑$^{TCvariant}$ 搒 搓$^{TCvariant}$ 搔$^{TCvariant}$ 搕 搖 搗 搘 搙 搚 搛 搜 搝 搞 搟 搠 搡 搢$^{SC}$/搢$^{TC}$ 搣 搤 搥$^{TCvariant}$ 搦 搧 搨 搩 搪 搫 搬 搭$^{TCvariant}$ 搮 搯 搰$^{TCvariant}$ 搱 搲 搳 搴 搵 搶 搷 搸 搹 携$^{SC/JP}$ (=攜) 搻 搼 搽$^{TCvariant}$ 搾$^{JP/variant}$ (=榨 -> 木) 搿 摀 摁 摂$^{JP}$ (=攝) 摃 摄$^{SC}$ (=攝) 摅$^{SC}$ (=攄) 摆$^{SC}$ (=擺) 摇$^{SC}$ (=搖) 摈$^{SC}$ (=擯) 摉 摊$^{SC}$ (=攤) 摸$^{SC/JPvariant}$ 摋 摓$^{SCvariant}$ 摙 撶 |
| +11 | 摸$^{TCvariant}$ 抲 摋$^{Traditionalvariant}$ 摌 摍 摎 摏 摐 摑 摒 摓$^{TCvariant}$ 摔 摕 摖 摗 摘 摙$^{Traditionalvariant}$ 摚 摛 摜 摝 摞 摟 摠 摡 摢 摣 摤 摥 摦 摧 摨 摩 摪 摫 摬 摭 摮 摯 摰 摱 摲 摳 摴 摵 摶 摷 摹 摺 摻 摼 摽 摾$^{TCvariant}$ 摿 撀 撁 撂 撃$^{JP}$ (=擊) 撄$^{SC}$ (=攖) 撾 擆$^{SCvariant}$ 撖$^{SCvariant}$ 撗$^{SCvariant}$ 撯$^{SCvariant}$ |
| +12 | 摾$^{SCvariant}$ 撅 撆 撇 撈 撉 撊 撋 撌 撍 撎 撏 撐 撑$^{SC/variant}$ (=撐) 撒 撓 撔 撕 撖$^{TCvariant}$ 撗$^{TCvariant}$ 撘 撙 撚 撛 撜 撝 撞 撟 撠 撡 (=操) 撢 撣 撤 撥 撦 撧 撨 撩 撪 撫 撬 播 撮 撯$^{TCvariant}$ 撰 撱 撲 撳 撴 撵 撶$^{Traditionalvariant}$ 撷$^{SC}$ (=擷) 撸$^{SC}$ (=擼) 撹$^{JP}$ (=攪) 撺$^{SC}$ (=攛) 撻 擎$^{SC/JPvariant}$ 擏$^{SCvariant}$ 擆$^{TCvariant}$ 擖$^{SCvariant}$ 擙$^{SCvariant}$ 擛$^{SCvariant}$ |
| +13 | 撻$^{Traditionalvariant}$ 撼 撽 撾$^{Traditionalvariant}$ 撿 擀 擁 擂 擃 擄 擅 擇 擈 擉 擊 擋 擌 操 擎$^{TCvariant}$ 擏$^{TCvariant}$ 擐 擑 擒 擓 擔 擕 (=攜) 擖$^{TCvariant}$ 擗 擘 擙$^{TCvariant}$ 據 擛$^{TCvariant}$ 擜$^{SC}$ (=㩵) 擝 (=掹) 擞$^{SC}$ (=擻) |
| +14 | 擟 擠 擡 擢 擣 擤 擥 擦 擧 (=舉) 擨 擩 擪 擫 擬 擭 擮 擯 擰 擱 擴 攁$^{SCvariant}$ 擿$^{SCvariant}$ 攃$^{SCvariant}$ |
| +15 | 擲 擳 擴$^{Traditionalvariant}$ 擵 擶 擷 擸 擹 擺 擻 擼 擽 擾 擿$^{TCvariant}$ 攀 攁$^{TCvariant}$ 攂 攃$^{TCvariant}$ 攄 攅$^{JPnonstandard}$ (=攢) 攆 |
| +16 | 攇 攈 攉 攊 攋 攌 攍 攎 攏 攐 攒$^{SC}$ (=攢) |
| +17 | 攑 攓 攔 攕 攖 攗 攘 攙 攚 |
| +18 | 攛 攜 攝 |
| +19 | 攞 攟 攠 攡 (=摛) 攢 攣 攤 攦 攧 |
| +20 | 攥 攨 攩 攪 攫 |
| +21 | 攬 攭 |
| +22 | 攮 |

## Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a first grade kanji.