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掌

掌 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「手」+音符「尚」。「てのひら」を意味する漢語｛掌｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

palm of hand, rule, administer, conduct

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ショウJHS
Kun (native)
  • てのひら
  • たなごころ
Other languages
  • 拼音zhang3
  • 한글jang
  • Hán-ViệtChưởng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+638C

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱龸𠰅

Words using this kanji

  • 掌握しょうあく物事を思い通りに動かせるように自分の支配下に置くこと。grasping, seizing, holding, commanding
  • 掌中しょうちゅう掌の中。 自分の思うままにできる範囲。in the hand, (something) easily manipulated
  • 掌紋しょうもん手のひらにある指紋のような皮膚の模様。指紋同様、人それぞれに異なり一生変わらない。palm print
  • 掌理しょうり職務を担当して取りまとめること。rule of law, administration of justice
  • 掌編しょうへん非常に短い散文の作品。(very) short story or article, short short story, conté
  • 掌骨しょうこつ手根骨と中手骨の総称。metacarpal (bone), metacarpus
  • 掌客しょうきゃく（中国史、日本史）賓客の接待に当たった官。court official in charge of entertaining important guests
  • 掌底しょうてい柔道の当身に用いる部位。 空手などにおいて掌の下側にある母指球と小指球を使い掌を相手に向けて立て、指は軽く曲げた状態で攻撃したり防御したりする。palm heel, heel of the palm
  • 掌大しょうだい手のひらぐらいの大きさや広さ。small, tiny
  • 掌上しょうじょう手のひらの上。palm of one's hand, one's hand
  • 掌中本しょうちゅうぼんpocket edition
  • 掌の玉たなごころのたまapple of one's eye
  • 掌状脈しょうじょうみゃくpalmate venation (of a leaf), palmate vein
  • 掌中の珠しょうちゅうのたまapple of one's eye, one's jewel
  • 掌を指すたなごころをさすto be obvious, to be obviously correct
  • 掌篇小説しょうへんしょうせつshort short story
  • 掌状複葉しょうじょうふくようpalmate compound leaf
  • 掌蹠膿疱症しょうせきのうほうしょうpalmoplantar pustulosis
  • 掌上に運らすしょうじょうにめぐらすto manipulate at will, to control however one pleases, to do as one wishes

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-5-7
Four Corner
9050.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3n9.4
Heisig
864
Nelson
1366