扌 shǒu hand
Made with 3 strokes.
A simplified picture of a hand with a line across the palm - simplified by one stroke from character form. Mainly used in characters denoting an action (hit, push, act, announce etc.)
Sounds same
首 shǒu (head)Different tone
受 shòu (to receive)Full character form of this simplified radical: 手 shǒu
Radical
Index 64 used in: 把 bǎ (to hold) ; 扮 bàn (to act) ; 报 bào (to announce) ; 抱 bào (to hold) ; 担 dān (to undertake) ; 搞 gǎo (to do) ; 技 jì (skill) ; 拉 lā (to pull) ; 打 qiú (to beat) ; 抬 tái (to lift) ; 推 tuī (to push) ; 我 wǒ (I (me)) ; 找 zhǎo (to try to find)
Stroke order for character 扌, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license ➚