How big is a human hand?
19 cm long · 7.5 in
An adult hand is about nineteen centimeters from wrist to fingertip.
House key 6 cm
Human hand 19 cm
Compared with things you know
- A human hand is about 27× the length of a grain of rice Grain of rice: 7 mm
- A human hand is about 5.8× the length of a paperclip Paperclip: 3.3 cm
- A human hand is about 3.2× the length of a house key House key: 6 cm
- A human hand is about 1.3× the height of a Smartphone Smartphone: 15 cm
Think you could size it by eye? A human hand is one of the objects in Sizedle.
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