TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
手
ㄕㄡˇ · shǒu
noun — a hand
字源 FORM — what the parts do
手形a hand, five fingers spread — the middle one runs down as the long stroke
Five fingers spread, the middle one drawn long — a hand. On the left of characters it narrows to 扌: 打、拿、推 all keep a hand in them.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
杯子一歪，一隻手（手）先接住了。
The cup tips — and a hand (手) is under it first.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)手— the hand常用
→手機— the phone — the machine that lives in the hand常用
→歌手、水手— the doer — a hired hand
⇒拿手— one's strong suit — what the hand knows
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
毛máothe lookalike — 毛's last stroke curls out right, 's hooks left扌shǒuits own left-side shape