kanji - What is the meaning of the radical 手 as a part of character?

I know that the radical 手 means "hand" but I wanna know meaning does 「手」 contribute as a part of a character

If anyone can give me five examples and it could be better if he can bring example with a different usings to this radical please do it.

Answer

「手{しゅ}」is a picture of a hand. It has variants

• 「扌」(normally written on the left)


• 「⿻一十」(bottom component of「奉」)

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「手・扌・⿻一十」normally contributes one of two meanings:

1. 
   

   Something to do with a hand (anatomy), e.g.:

   
   
   
   
   • 掌 (palm of hand)
   
   
   • 拳 (fist)
   
   
   • 指 (finger)
   
   
   
   


2. 
   

   Verbs which (probably) involve hands. There's an endless list of these:

   
   
   
   
   
   • 損 (to harm)
   
   
   • 撃 (to attack)
   
   
   • 投 (to throw)
   
   
   • 択 (to choose)
   
   
   • 
     

     抱 (to hug)

     
     

     ...

     
     
   
   
   
   
   

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When「手・扌・⿻一十」contributes meaning, it is functionally equivalent to the following components when they also only contribute meaning:

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  「又{う}・⿻コ一・彐」(picture of a right hand)

  
  
  


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  「寸{すん}」(picture of a right hand with a mark at the wrist)

  
  
  


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  「𠂇{さ}・𠀉」(picture of a left hand)

  
  
  


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  「爪{そう}・爫」(side view of a hand with the fingers pointing downwards)

  
  
  
  

Of course, these components all have different pronunciations, so if these components happen to contribute sound instead, then they are no longer equivalent to each other.

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