手

Meanings: hand On Readings: シュ shu Kun Readings: て te Most Used Pronunciation: te JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 手 Stroke Number: 4

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Common jukugo
下手 - へた heta - not good at, unskilled, bat at
左手 - ひだり　て hidari te - left hand
右手 - みぎ　て migi te - right hand
握手 - あく　しゅ aku shu - handshake
空手 - から　て kara te - karate
手巻寿司 - て　まき　す　し - Hand-rolled sushi
握手 - あくしゅ aku shu - handshake
握手 - あくしゅ aku shu - handshake
握手 - あくしゅ aku shu - handshake

Useful Examples
Japanese: 右手を上げてください。
Romaji: migi te o agete kudasai.
English: Please raise your right hand.

Japanese: 野球選手は引退すると解説者になることが多い。
Romaji: yakyuu senshu wa intai suru kaisetsusha ni naru koto ga ooi.
Literal: baseball-player-(topic marker)-retire-when this happens...-(sports) commentators-become-(subject marker)-many
English: Baseball players often become reporters when they retire.
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Japanese: ジミィーは手紙を書いていますか。
Romaji: jimii- wa tegami o kaite imasu ka.
English: Is Jimmy writing a letter?

Japanese: 運転手はハンドルを右にきった。
Romaji: untenshu wa handoru o migi ni kitta.
English: The driver turned the wheel to the right.

Japanese: その歌手はマドンナと同じ位有名だ。
Romaji: sono kashu wa madonna to onaji kurai yuumei da.
English: That singer is as famous as Madonna.

Japanese: ５分ばかりこの道を行けば、右手にその百貨店があります。
Romaji: gofun bakari kono michi o ikeba, migite ni sono hyakkaten ga arimasu.
English: Go down the street for about five minutes, and you will see the Department store to the right.

Japanese: 昨日、あなたからの手紙を受け取りました。
Romaji: kinou, anata kara no tegami o uketorimashita.
English: I received your letter yesterday.

Japanese: もとは手当たり次第に小説を読んだものだ。
Romaji: moto wa teatari shidai ni shousetsu o yonda mono da.
English: I used to read novels at random.

Japanese: 医師はすぐに手術をする事に決めた。
Romaji: ishi wa sugu ni shujutsu o suru koto ni kimeta.
English: The doctor decided to operate at once.

Japanese: もうすぐ昼食時です、手を休めて軽く食べませんか。
Romaji: mou sugu chuushokudoki desu, te o yasumete karuku tabemasen ka.
English: It's nearly lunchtime. Why don't we stop to have a bite to eat?

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Notes/Mnemonic
After several years of looking at this kanji, I still don't see the hand the ancient Chinese saw!

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.