手 shǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 手 — hand
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
手帕
shǒupà
handkerchief
Characters in this word
帕 pà
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 她从口袋里拿出一块手帕，轻轻擦去老人额头上的汗。 Tā cóng kǒudài lǐ náchū yí kuài shǒupà, qīngqīng cā qù lǎorén étóu shàng de hàn. She took a handkerchief from her pocket and gently wiped the sweat from the old man's forehead.
- 奶奶总把叠好的手帕放进我的口袋。 Nǎinai zǒng bǎ diéhǎo de shǒupà fàng jìn wǒ de kǒudài. Grandma always puts a neatly folded handkerchief into my pocket.
- 老人用手帕擦了擦眼睛，笑了起来。 Lǎorén yòng shǒupà cā le cā yǎnjing, xiào le qǐlái. The old man wiped his eyes with the handkerchief and began to smile.