This entry is concerned with the use of the word кисть to refer to human hands. For distinctions between the word кисть and its synonym рука, see Lexical Relationships: Synonyms. Other meanings — "cluster, bunch" (кисть винограда
"a bunch of grapes"), "a cluster of threads" (шаль с кистями "a shawl with tassels"), "paintbrush" (кисть маляра "a painter's brush"), etc. — are not described in this dictionary.