Meaning: a hand
Reading: シュ、ズ、チョウ、て（で）、た
手話（シュワ）: sign language
選手（センシュ）: a player; an athlete
上手（ジョウズ）（な）: clever, skilled. good (at)
手水（チョウズ）: washing water
手（て）: a hand
上手（うわて）: the upper part, superior
⇔下手（したて）
上手（かみて）: the stage left; the right of the stage (from the audience’s viewpoint).
⇔下手（しもて）
素手（すで）: a bare hand, an empty hand
手紙（てがみ）: a letter
奥手（おくて）: a later developer, a late bloomer
手綱（たづな）: reins. a bridle
下手（へた）（な）: unskilled, poor (at)
#手 is a pictograph for a hand. You can see 5 fingers and the palm, can’t you? (really?) 手 can be a radical for other characters but when it’s used as a へん (the left side), it loses a stroke and becomes てへん（扌）.
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