手铐 (shǒu kào) — handcuffs

Definition

noun
handcuffs
Measure word ·

Examples

  • Jǐng chá bǎ shǒu kào dài zài le tā de shǒu wàn shàng.
    The police put handcuffs on his wrists.
  • 手铐
    shǒu kào Shì yòng lái xiàn zhì qiú fàn huó dòng de.
    Handcuffs are used to restrict prisoners' movement.
  • 手铐
    Tā bèi shǒu kào kào zài yǐ zi shàng bù néng dòng.
    He was handcuffed to a chair and couldn't move.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

kàoshackle

手 names the hand being restrained, 铐 gives the shackle sense; together handcuffs.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

手 draws a five-fingered human hand: the top line is a bent middle finger, and the horizontal lines show the other four fingers.

Open 手 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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