U+638C, 掌
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-638C

[U+638B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+638D]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 64, +8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 火月口手 (FBRQ), four-corner 90502, composition 𫩠 or 𠰅)

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 437, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12248
  • Dae Jaweon: page 786, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1889, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+638C

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𤓯

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *tjaŋʔ): phonetic (OC *djaŋ, *djaŋs) + semantic .

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • ciēng - vernacular (“finger”);
  • ciōng - literary.
  • Southern Min
  • Note:
    • chiúⁿ/chióⁿ - vernacular (“palm”);
    • chńg/chéng/chín - vernacular (“finger”, often written as , e.g. 掌甲, 掌頭仔);
    • chióng/chiáng - literary.
    Note:
    • zion2 - Shantou;
    • ziên2 - Chaozhou.
  • Wu
  • Xiang

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (23)
    Final () (105)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter tsyangX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /t͡ɕɨɐŋX/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /t͡ɕiɐŋX/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /t͡ɕiɑŋX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /cɨaŋX/
    Li
    Rong
    /t͡ɕiaŋX/
    Wang
    Li
    /t͡ɕĭaŋX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /t͡ɕi̯aŋX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    zhǎng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    zoeng2
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    zhǎng
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ tsyangX ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*[k.t]aŋʔ/
    English palm of the hand

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 11146
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*tjaŋʔ/

    Definitions edit

    1. palm of hand
    2. (Min) finger
    3. sole of foot
    4. shoe sole or heel
    5. horseshoe
    6. to slap
    7. to hold
    8. to control
    9. (dialectal Mandarin) to put (seasoning)
    10. (Sichuanese) to support; to hold

    Compounds edit

    Descendants edit

    • Mongolian: зан (zan, sole)

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

    1. palm of the hand
    2. manipulate
    3. rule; administer

    Readings edit

    Compounds edit

    Etymology 1 edit

    Kanji in this term
    てのひら
    Grade: S
    kun’yomi
    Alternative spellings
    手の平
    手のひら

    From () (te, hand) + (no, -'s) + (ひら) (hira, flat). Compare English flat of one's hand.

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    (てのひら) (te-no-hira

    1. (anatomy) a palm

    Etymology 2 edit

    Kanji in this term
    たなうら
    Grade: S
    kun’yomi

    From () (ta-, hand) + (na, -'s, archaic) + (うら) (ura, hidden side).

    Noun edit

    (たなうら) (tanaura

    1. (anatomy) a palm

    Etymology 3 edit

    Kanji in this term
    たなごころ
    Grade: S
    kun’yomi

    From () (ta-, hand) + (na, -'s, archaic) + (こころ) (kokoro, heart; inside, rendaku form (ごころ) (gokoro)).

    Pronunciation edit

    Noun edit

    (たなごころ) (tanagokoro

    1. (anatomy) a palm

    Etymology 4 edit

    Kanji in this term
    しょう
    Grade: S
    on’yomi

    From Middle Chinese (MC tsyangX).

    Suffix edit

    (しょう) (-shōしやう (syau)?

    1. (martial arts) used in the names of moves that involve hitting and pushing hard with the palm
      (じゅう)(けん)(ぽう) (はっ)()(ろく)(じゅう)(よん)(しょう)
      Jūkenpō Hakke Rokujūyonshō
      kenpō: Eight Trigrams, Sixty-Four Palms
      • 2003 September 22, Akinobu Uraku, “(だい)60() (しょう)(じょ)(けつ)()”, in (とう)(きょう)アンダーグラウンド, volume 11 (fiction), Square Enix, →ISBN, pages 30–31:
        これがこの(セキ)(スー)(ペイ)(ちょう)(てん)たらしめる(ほのお)だッ!!!()(りゅう)(そう)(れん)(しょう)
        Kore ga kono Seki o Sūpei no chōten tarashimeru honō da'!!! Garyū Sōrenshō
        This is the flame that helped put me, Seki, at the top of the Supei!!! Garyū Sōrenshō

    References edit

    1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
    3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Korean edit

    Etymology edit

    From Middle Chinese (MC tsyangX). Recorded as Middle Korean 쟈ᇰ〯 (cyǎng) (Yale: cyang) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

    Hanja edit

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    (eumhun 손바닥 (sonbadak jang))

    1. Hanja form? of (palm of the hand).

    Compounds edit

    References edit

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [1]

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    : Hán Nôm readings: chưởng

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