手 shǒu
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 手 — hand
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
手腕
shǒuwàn
wrist; skillful means; tactics
Characters in this word
腕 wàn
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 宛 to seem
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 长时间操作显微器械后，他的手腕开始发酸。 Cháng shíjiān cāozuò xiǎnwēi qìxiè hòu, tā de shǒuwàn kāishǐ fāsuān. After operating microsurgical instruments for a long time, his wrist began to ache.
- 她戴上手表，转动了一下手腕看了看时间。 Tā dài shàng shǒubiǎo, zhuàndòng le yíxià shǒuwàn kàn le kàn shíjiān. She put on her watch and turned her wrist to check the time.
- 谈判中他耍了些手腕，最终签下了合同。 Tánpàn zhōng tā shuǎ le xiē shǒuwàn, zuìzhōng qiān xià le hétong. During the negotiations he used some tactics and finally signed the contract.