手 shǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 手 — hand
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
手续
shǒuxù
procedure; formalities
Characters in this word
续 xù
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 卖 to sell
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 手续办好了。 Shǒuxù bàn hǎo le. The paperwork is finished.
- 这里办手续。 Zhèlǐ bàn shǒuxù. You handle the paperwork here.
- 手续很简单。 Shǒuxù hěn jiǎndān. The procedure is very simple.