掌

palm of hand

Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingショウ

Kun readingてのひら、たなごころ

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

palm of hand
車掌さん。次の町ってどこですか？Say, Conductor! What's the next town?tatoeba
バスの車掌は彼女に、料金を払えないので降りるようにと言った。The bus conductor told her to get off because she could not pay the fare.tatoeba
rule
administer
conduct
manipulateRtK

grasping
seizing
holding
commanding
having control over

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical手hand 扌variant

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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outhouse · small (小) · little (小) · crown (冖) · mouth (口) · hand (手)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 864

Compound words

車掌しゃしょう

(train) conductor

職掌しょくしょう

official duties; office; function

合掌がっしょう

pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly; sincerely yours

掌握しょうあく

grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over

掌中しょうちゅう

in the hand; (something) easily manipulated

管掌かんしょう

手掌しゅしょう

掌るつかさどる

to be in charge of

掌紋しょうもん

鞅掌おうしょう

being busy with

八卦掌はっけしょう

eight trigrams palm

掌中の玉しょうちゅうのたま

apple of one's eye

掌中の珠しょうちゅうのたま

apple of one's eye

瞑目合掌めいもくがっしょう

closing one's eyes and joining one's hands together in prayer

掌蹠膿疱症しょうせきのうほうしょう

palmoplantar pustulosis

蝦蛄葉仙人掌シャコバサボテン

Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera truncata)

Additional Examples

車掌さん。次の町ってどこですか？

Say, Conductor! What's the next town?tatoeba

バスの車掌は彼女に、料金を払えないので降りるようにと言った。

The bus conductor told her to get off because she could not pay the fare.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 掌

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step