Illustrative Context

He burnt his hand.

Target Sense

• The most generic term for the hand as part of the human body.
• Avoid narrower terms that specifically mean the hand as a fist, or as outstretched, or the palm of the hand.
• Some languages may apply the same basic lexeme not just to the hand but also to the forearm or even the whole arm, and have no basic term specific to only the hand (i.e. up to the wrist joint only). This broad range should be indicated in the notes field, but is not necessarily an issue. So long as this undifferentiated lexeme is the most basic, default word used to refer to the hand, then that is the lexeme to select for this IE-CoR target sense, even if its reference may also extend ambiguously to part or all of the arm. Do not provide a narrower term only because it is more specific to just the hand, if that term is less basic than the undifferentiated ‘hand/arm’ lexeme. See also the target senses for the IE-CoR meanings foot and leg.
• Avoid terms specific to the (size of a) ‘hand’ as a unit of measurement.
• The target sense is the physical body part; avoid terms specifically or predominantly figurative, emotional or judgmental, i.e. terms for hand in the sense of authorship, agency or skill (‘by my hand’), aiding (a ‘helping’ hand), accompaniment or support (‘hand in hand’), etc..
• Avoid technical, medical terms, if different.