手
hand
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
4 / 4
Information
Grade:1
Strokes:4
JLPT:4
Frequency:60
Vocabulary
シュ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 握手 | アクシュ | handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation |
| 運転手 | ウンテンシュ | driver; chauffeur |
| 歌手 | カシュ | singer |
| 外野手 | ガイヤシュ | outfielder |
| 旗手 | キシュ | standard-bearer; flag-bearer |
ズ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上手 | ジョウズ | skillful; skilled; proficient; good (at); adept; clever; flattery |
| 交際上手 | コウサイジョウズ | good at socializing; sociability; being a good mixer |
| 社交上手 | シャコウジョウズ | social ease (facility, skills); being a good mixer |
| 商売上手 | ショウバイジョウズ | good at business; having a good head for business; good businessman; shrewd salesman |
| 処世上手 | ショセイジョウズ | knowing how to get on in the world; knowing the secret of success in life |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| お手上げ | おてあげ | being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; throwing up (one's) hands |
| お手洗い | おてあらい | toilet; restroom; lavatory; bathroom |
| お手伝いさん | おてつだいさん | maid |
| 一手 | いって | one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed; monopoly |
| 一番手 | いちばんて | first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position; person in the lead |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
午
11AM-1PM, noon, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac, sign of the horse
Grade 2JLPT 5
牛
cow
Grade 2JLPT 4
毛
down, feather, fur, hair
Grade 2JLPT 2
生
birth, genuine, life
Grade 1JLPT 5
矢
arrow, dart
Grade 2JLPT 1
失
disadvantage, error, fault, lose, loss
Grade 4JLPT 3
半
half, middle, odd number, part-, semi-
Grade 2JLPT 5
干
dry, ebb, intercede, interfere, parch, recede
Grade 6JLPT 2
氏
clan, family name, surname
Grade 4JLPT 1
朱
bloody, cinnabar, red, scarlet, vermilion
Grade 8JLPT 1