hand A hand is a prehensile, multi-fingered appendage located at the end of the forearm or forelimb of primates such as humans, chimpanzees, monkeys, and lemurs. A few other vertebrates such as the koala (which has two opposable thumbs on each "h ...

is a body part. Hand or HAND may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

* Hand, a son of

Albion Albion is an alternative name for Great Britain. The oldest attestation of the toponym comes from the Greek language. It is sometimes used poetically and generally to refer to the island, but is less common than 'Britain' today. The name for Scot ...

in the mythology of William Blake * Crazy Hand and Master Hand, two characters in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series * King's Hand, a top advisor to a king in ''A Song of Fire and Ice'' and ''

Game of Thrones ''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...

'' * The Hand (''Babylon 5''), an alien race in the television series ''Babylon 5'' (1994–1997) *

The Hand (comics) The Hand is a supervillain organization appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Hand first appeared in ''Daredevil'' #174 (September 1981) and was created by writer/artist Frank Miller. The Hand is an order of evil myst ...

, an organization in the Marvel Comics universe * The Hand, creator of

Nebula Man Nebula Man is a fictional character in DC Comics. He first appeared in ''Justice League of America'' #100–101 (1972). Originally a villain responsible for the disappearance of the Seven Soldiers of Victory, he has since reappeared as Neh-Buh-Loh ...

in the DC Comics universe

Films

* ''The Hand'' (1960 film), by Henry Cass * ''The Hand'' (1965 film), by Jiří Trnka * ''The Hand'' (1981 film), a 1981 horror film by Oliver Stone * ''The Hand'', a short film by Wong Kar-Wai, part of the film '' Eros (2004)''

Music

* "Hand", a 1999 song by Jars of Clay from the album ''

If I Left the Zoo ''If I Left the Zoo'' is the third full-length studio album of the band Jars of Clay. It was released November 9, 1999, by Essential Records. Overview The band's third album brought about another stylistic shift, away from the lush sound of '' ...

'' * The Hand, a side project of American rock band

Johnny Society Johnny Society is an American rock band from New York City. Biography Johnny Society was formed in 1996 by multi-instrumentalist Kenny Siegal and Brian Geltner. They released a self-titled album as Hunk on Geffen in 1996, but disbanded less t ...

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

Hand (card games) A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card ga ...

* Hand, a style of

handwriting Handwriting is the writing done with a writing instrument, such as a pen or pencil, in the hand. Handwriting includes both printing and cursive styles and is separate from formal calligraphy or typeface A typeface (or font family) is ...

* ''The Hand'' (journal) * ''The Hand'' (Botero), sculpture by Fernando Botero * ''The Hand'', part of the comic ''

Shiver and Shake ''Shiver and Shake'' was a British comic magazine published every Monday by IPC Magazines Ltd. It ran from (issue dates) 10 March 1973 to 5 October 1974, when it merged with '' Whoopee!'' As often happens with British comics, many names of stri ...

'' * ''The Hand'', a 1930 work by Salvador Dalí * The Hand, a Stand used by Okuyasu Nijimura in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable'' * h.a.n.d., a Japanese video game developer

Biology and healthcare

HAND1 Heart- and neural crest derivatives-expressed protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''HAND1'' gene. A member of the HAND subclass of basic Helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors, the Heart and neural crest-derived transc ...

, a human gene *

HAND2 Heart- and neural crest derivatives-expressed protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''HAND2'' gene. Function The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the basic helix-loop-helix family of transcription factors. This gene p ...

, a human gene *

HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) are neurological disorders associated with HIV infection and AIDS. It is a syndrome of progressive deterioration of memory, cognition, behavior, and motor function in HIV-infected individuals during t ...

, or HAND

People

Hand (surname) Hand is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include: * Augustus C. Hand, U.S. Congressman * Augustus Noble Hand, U.S. federal judge *Bill Hand, English association footballer * Brad Hand, American baseball player * Daithí Hand, hurling man ...

Places

Hand, South Carolina Hand is an unincorporated community in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. Hand is located along SC 90 between Conway and Wampee. History A post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail servi ...

, a community in the United States *

Hand County, South Dakota Hand County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,145. Its county seat is Miller. History Hand County was named for George A. Hand, territorial secretary. It was created in 1873 by the Dak ...

, a county in the United States *

Hand Lake Hand Lake is a lake in Otter Tail County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Hand Lake was so named on account of its outline being shaped like a human hand. See also *List of lakes in Minnesota This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Although pr ...

, a lake in Minnesota

Other uses

* Glossary of bowling § Hand, a measure of hand position in bowling ball deliveries *

Hand (hieroglyph) The ancient Egyptian Hand hieroglyph is an alphabetic hieroglyph with the meaning of "d"; it is also used in the word for 'hand', and actions that are performed, i.e. by the 'way of one's hands', or actions. (Used as a determinative.) Iconog ...

, an alphabetic hieroglyph with the meaning of "d" *

Hand (unit) The hand is a non- SI unit of measurement of length standardized to . It is used to measure the height of horses in many English-speaking countries, including Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United Stat ...

, a measurement, primarily of a horse's height * Hand, part of a

clock face A clock face is the part of an analog clock (or watch) that displays time through the use of a flat dial with reference marks, and revolving pointers turning on concentric shafts at the center, called hands. In its most basic, globally recogni ...

: hour hand, minute hand, or second hand * ☞, hand, or

index Index (or its plural form indices) may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Index (''A Certain Magical Index''), a character in the light novel series ''A Certain Magical Index'' * The Index, an item on a Halo megastru ...

, a punctuation mark *

Hand of Eris Discordianism is a religion, philosophy, or paradigm centered on Eris, a.k.a. Discordia, the Goddess of chaos. Discordianism uses archetypes or ideals associated with her. It was founded after the 1963 publication of its "holy book," the ''Pri ...

, a symbol simply called The Hand in the religion of Discordianism