JLPT N5 vocabulary

手meaning and reading

Reading and pitch accent

て1Atamadaka · high start

Meaning

  1. hand, arm
  2. forepaw, foreleg (colloquial)
  3. handle
  4. hand, worker, help
  5. trouble, care, effort
  6. means, way, trick, move, technique, workmanship
  7. hand, handwriting
  8. kind, type, sort
  9. one's hands, one's possession
  10. ability to cope
  11. hand (of cards)
  12. direction
  13. move (in go, shogi, etc.)
Illustration of 手

Example sentences

  1. 作品さくひんに手てを触れるふべからず。

    No touching the works.

  2. 石鹸せっけんだらけの手てで私わたしに触らさわないで。

    Don't touch me with your soapy hands.

  3. 私たちわたしは激しくはげ言い争っい|あらそた末すえに、妥協だきょう案あんで手てを打つうことにした。

    As a result of our vehement disputes, we decided to agree on a compromise plan.