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Word and Radical Components of 握手

The Chinese word 握手 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
握手 wòshǒu 1. v. to shake hands
     我 與 他 握手 了。 - I shook hands with him.

握手 ⇨ 握 + 手
Component Pinyin Meanings
握 wò 1. to hold in the hand; to grip; to grasp
2. to control
3. (zh-used, 握齪)
手 shǒu 1. hand
2. expert; master
     高手 - master
3. -ist; -er
     歌手 - singer
4. convenient; handy; portable
     手機 - mobile phone
     手冊 - handbook
5. handwritten
6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling
7. (Mainland China Hokkien)
8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general)
9. (finance)
10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively.

握 ⇨ 扌 + 屋
Component Pinyin Meanings
手 shǒu 1. hand
2. expert; master
     高手 - master
3. -ist; -er
     歌手 - singer
4. convenient; handy; portable
     手機 - mobile phone
     手冊 - handbook
5. handwritten
6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling
7. (Mainland China Hokkien)
8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general)
9. (finance)
10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively.
屋 wū 1. house
     全 屋 冇 窗 - there is not a single window in the entire house
2. room

屋 ⇨ 尸 + 至
Component Pinyin Meanings
尸 shī 1. corpse
2. (historical) a living person who represents the dead person during a rite
3. dead body
4. Simplified form of 屍
至 zhì 1. to reach; to arrive
2. extreme; most
3. (literary, or in compounds) extreme point; limit
4. from … to …
5.    from … to … (a time)
6.   三 至 五月 - from March to May
7.    from … to … (a place)
8. (Cantonese) only then
dié 9. Only used in 單至