手

hand

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

シュズ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-てた-てて-

Stroke Order

4 / 4

Information

Grade:1

Strokes:4

JLPT:N4

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

noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac

fur, hair, feather, down

life, genuine, birth

lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss

half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-

dry, parch, ebb, recede, interfere, intercede

family name, surname, clan

vermilion, cinnabar, scarlet, red, bloody