掌
掌 — Palm of hand
palm of hand, rule, administer, conduct
On’yomiショウ (shou)
Kun’yomiてのひら (tenohira)
Kun’yomiたなごころ (tanagokoro)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 掌
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 車掌 | しゃしょう shashou | (train) conductor |
| 掌握 | しょうあく shouaku | grasping; seizing; holding |
| 合掌 | がっしょう gasshou | pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely |
| 掌中 | しょうちゅう shouchuu | in the hand; (something) easily manipulated |
Study notes
掌 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1757 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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