きょう
拱
しゅ
手

noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. doing nothing (to help), watching with one's arms folded.
  2. bowing with one's hands locked together in front of one's chest (form of Chinese salute).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
きょう
拱
しゅ
手
拱手 きょうしゅ
こう
拱
しゅ
手
拱手 こうしゅ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

arch, fold arms
コウ こまぬ.く キョウ (Kentei 1)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
together, both, neither
とも キョウ (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
hand
て シュ ズ (1st, N4)