Mnemonic comic for 手
Translation
Mnemonic
Sherlock Holmes (sh) wants to eat a banana (丿) in the outhouse’s living room (ou3) but he can’t touch it with his hands (手) because it’s energized through a capacitor (二). To remove the capacitor he levers it out of the banana using a crowbar (亅). To not get shocked through the crowbar he protects his hands (手) by wearing baseball gloves (mnemonic symbol for 手).
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手 character breakdown
Component Translations
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]
two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid
"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1]
Characters with 手 as component
to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (an illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after verb) to give it a try / Watch out! (for a danger)
to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard
to break off or break open sth with one's hands / (fig.) to break off (a relationship)
Words with 手
Sentences with 手
Prompt snippets
The baseball glove is crafted from thick, tan-colored cowhide leather featuring visible grain, intricate white rawhide lacing, and deep, worn-in creases across the palm. Its surface displays darkened oil stains, frayed stitching at the finger seams, and a molded, concave pocket shaped by extensive use.
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