Chinese symbol for “technique”
手法
shǒu fǎ
technique; trick; skill
The closest CC-CEDICT match for technique is 手法 (shǒu fǎ), defined as: technique; trick; skill.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “technique”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 技术 (技術) | jì shù | technology; technique; skill; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng),项 (xiàng) |
| 方法 | fāng fǎ | method; way; technique; procedure |
| 技法 | jì fǎ | technique; method |
| 技巧 | jì qiǎo | skill; technique |
| 术 (術) | shù | (bound form) art; skill; discipline; (bound form) method; technique; strategy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 手法.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 手机 (手機) | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái) |
| 手段 | shǒu duàn | method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability |
| 选手 (選手) | xuǎn shǒu | athlete; contestant |
| 手术 (手術) | shǒu shù | (surgical) operation; surgery |
| 对手 (對手) | duì shǒu | opponent; rival |
| 歌手 | gē shǒu | singer |
| 无法 (無法) | wú fǎ | unable to; incapable of |
| 法律 | fǎ lǜ | law; 条 (tiáo), 套 (tào), 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “technique”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.