手

👁Shape

Horizontal lines for fingers and a vertical stroke for the palm.

🧩Components

This character is itself a fundamental radical — a building block you'll see inside many other kanji.

📖Anchor word

苦手（な） (にがて（な）) — your first meeting with this kanji in Irodori.

🔊Readings

First learned in 苦手（な） (にがて（な）) — recall the word to unlock the reading. Kun'yomi: -て、た-、て、て- — often used in native Japanese words (like 苦手（な）). On'yomi: シュ、ズ — common in compound words (熟語).