掌

Translingual

Han character

掌 (radical 64 手+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 火月口手 (FBRQ), four-corner 9050₂)

1. palm of hand, sole of foot, paw

References

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

掌 (Yale jeung2)

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Japanese

Noun

掌 (hiragana てのひら, romaji tenohira)

1. the palm (flat of the hand)

Kanji

掌 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: しょう (shō)
• Kun: たなごころ (tanagokoro), たなそこ, (tanasoko), つかさどる (tsukasadoru), てのひら (tenohira)

Compounds

• 掌握
• 掌鞅
• 掌管
• 掌故
• 掌中
• 掌典

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Korean

Hanja

掌 (hangeul 장, revised jang, McCune-Reischauer chang, Yale cang)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

掌 (pinyin zhǎng (zhang3), Wade-Giles chang³)

Compounds

掌秤 掌厨 掌灯 掌舵 掌骨 掌故 掌摑 掌櫃 掌管

掌柜 掌权 掌上明珠 掌勺儿 掌声 掌事 掌纹、掌紋 掌握 掌心 掌印 掌灶 掌嘴

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Vietnamese

Han character

掌 (chưởng)