Radical 戈

7 strokes

hand 手 (31) + dagger 戈 (32a) = I 我

Here “hand” and “dagger” are fused together (notice that this is built into the story) and “share” a stroke (compare this with Character 152). this means the stroke order is something you have to be careful with and practice. But once you get it right you will find it is a great character to draw as your pen swoops up and down and around it.

我们 (28) wǒmen we; us

The dagger was stuck in the huge stone hand (a bit like excalibur) — he pulled it out and declared “I am the One!”. / This woke Teddy who had been asleep under the hand.

Watch the stroke order here. You finish up with the drop (after you finish writing the previous stroke downwards).

This is a picture of an ancient weapon, which was something like a cross between a dagger, an axe and a spear!