28 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
35 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
32 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
42 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1827 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
37 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
54 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
118 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
57 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
57 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
170 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
847 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4267 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2155 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2907 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
644 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
11768 | Morohashi |
3456 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2060 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
637 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
687 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
57 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
30 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
手
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
60 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 手術 【シュジュツ】 surgery, operation, procedure, skill with one's hands, sleight of hand
- 手記 【シュキ】 note, memorandum, memo, memoirs, personal account
- 二塁手 【ニルイシュ】 second baseman
- 名手 【メイシュ】 master, expert, brilliant move (in go, shogi, etc.), excellent move
- 交際上手 【コウサイジョウズ】 good at socializing, sociability, being a good mixer
- 処世上手 【ショセイジョウズ】 knowing how to get on in the world, knowing the secret of success in life
Kun reading compounds
- 手 【て】 hand, arm, forepaw, foreleg, handle, hand, worker, help, trouble, care, effort, means, way, trick, move, technique, workmanship, hand, handwriting, kind, type, sort, one's hands, one's possession, ability to cope, hand (of cards), direction, move (in go, shogi, etc.)
- 手足 【てあし】 hands and feet, limbs, person at one's beck and call, person at hand, reliable worker
- 逆手 【ぎゃくて】 underhand grip, backhand grip (e.g. in tennis), unexpected twist, turning the tables (on an opponent)
- 担い手 【にないて】 bearer, carrier, person bearing responsibility, person in charge, supporter
Readings
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- mano
Portuguese
- mão
French
- main
2247 | 2001 Kanji |
3c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-4-3 | SKIP code |
2-1-3 | SKIP code |
2050.0 | Four corner code |
1-28-74 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
624b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1757 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 手のひら 【テノヒラ】 palm (of the hand)
- 掌握 【ショウアク】 grasping, seizing, holding, commanding, having control over
- 合掌 【ガッショウ】 pressing one's hands together in prayer, triangular frame of a thatched roof, yours sincerely, yours truly, sincerely yours
- 鞅掌 【オウショウ】 being busy with
Kun reading compounds
- 手のひら 【てのひら】 palm (of the hand)
- 手のひら返し 【てのひらがえし】 sudden reversal (of behavior, opinion, attitude, etc.), about-face, flip-flop
- 手のひら 【てのひら】 palm (of the hand)
- 掌の玉 【たなごころのたま】 apple of one's eye
Readings
- Korean:
- jang
Spanish
- manipular
- controlar
- palma de la mano
Portuguese
- manipular
- regra
- administrar
- conduta
- palma de mão
French
- paume
- manipuler
- administrer
- diriger
- gouverner
1402 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1618 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1366 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1210 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1360 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1748 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
499 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
508 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1677 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
850 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3215 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1666 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2256 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
809 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
12248 | Morohashi |
2602 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2200 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
801 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
864 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1537 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1047 | 2001 Kanji |
3n9.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-7 | SKIP code |
2-3-9 | SKIP code |
9050.2 | Four corner code |
1-30-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
638c | Unicode hex code |