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隻手 (せきしゅ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

隻せき手しゅ

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しゅ

Meanings

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noun

one hand; one arm

Refers to a single hand or arm, often in contexts of doing something with only one hand or having lost the use of the other.

彼かれは隻せき手しゅで重おもい荷に物もつを持もち上あげた。
He lifted the heavy luggage with one hand.
事じ故こで隻せき手しゅを失うしなったが、義ぎ手しゅを使つかって日にち常じょう生せい活かつを送おくっている。
He lost one arm in an accident, but he lives his daily life using a prosthetic arm.

Kanji

隻vessels, counter for ships, fish
手hand

Similar words

片かた手て
片手 is the common everyday word for 'one hand'. 隻手 is more literary and often implies the absence or loss of the other hand/arm.
隻せき腕わん
隻腕 specifically means 'one arm' and is used similarly to 隻手, but 隻手 can refer to either a hand or an arm.

Etymology

Compound of 隻 (seki, 'one of a pair') and 手 (shu, 'hand'). The kanji 隻 is a counter for ships and one of a pair, giving the sense of a single hand or arm.