手 shǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 手 — hand
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
手势
shǒushì
gesture
Characters in this word
势 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 力 — strength, power
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他做了一个安静的手势，示意大家不要打断发言人。 Tā zuò le yí ge ānjìng de shǒushì, shìyì dàjiā bú yào dǎduàn fāyánrén. He made a quiet gesture to indicate that everyone should not interrupt the speaker.
- 老师做了一个向下的手势，让同学们都坐下。 Lǎoshī zuò le yí ge xiàng xià de shǒushì, ràng tóngxuémen dōu zuò xià. The teacher made a downward gesture to tell the students to sit down.
- 在嘈杂的市场里，他用手势告诉我价格。 Zài cáozá de shìchǎng lǐ, tā yòng shǒushì gàosu wǒ jiàgé. In the noisy market, he told me the price with hand gestures.