手芸
しゅげい · shugei · JLPT N1 · noun
handicraft
🧶 手 (hand) + 芸 (skill, art) = skilled hand work, like knitting or embroidery
Shu means hand and gei means art or skill, so 手芸 is craft done by hand. Think of the everyday word 工芸 (kōgei, traditional craft) with 手 added to stress the hands.
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.