入手
にゅうしゅ · nyuushu · JLPT N1 · noun
obtaining
📦 入 (enter) + 手 (hand): it enters your hands, so you obtain it
入 means enter and 手 means hand. Something that enters your hand has come to you, which is the meaning of 入手. It is used for getting goods, funds, or information.
入 — single pictograph, two slanting strokes
入 is a pictograph showing an arrowhead or pointed entrance, with two strokes converging downward to suggest something going inward. The original sense was 'to enter,' and it still carries that meaning today. It contrasts visually with 人 (person), where the strokes cross differently at the top.
手 — pictograph of a hand with five fingers
手 is a pictograph showing an open hand with fingers and a wrist. Early bronze and oracle bone forms clearly depict five splayed fingers, which simplified over time into the modern shape. It keeps its original meaning of 'hand' and also serves as a radical in many characters related to hand actions.