握 wò
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 屋 building, house, shelter
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
握手
wòshǒu
to shake hands
Characters in this word
手 shǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 手 — hand
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 我们握手吧。 Wǒmen wòshǒu ba. Let us shake hands.
- 他和我握手。 Tā hé wǒ wòshǒu. He shakes hands with me.
- 见面先握手。 Jiànmiàn xiān wòshǒu. Shake hands first when meeting.