掌

common

ショウ/SHŌ/    てのひら/tenohira/    たなごころ/tanagokoro/SHOU/ショウ/    tenohira/てのひら/    tanagokoro/たなごころ/

manipulate;  rule;  administer;  conduct;  palm of hand

Radical: 扌 (hand).   Strokes: 12画.   Elements: 口手⺌冖.   Pinyin: zhǎng.   Hangul: 장 [jang].

Jōyō Kanji High School.   JLPT N1.

Example compounds:
ショウSHŌ掌中【しょうちゅうshōchū】in the hand; (something) easily manipulated
合掌【がっしょうgasshō】pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; Yours sincerely
掌握【しょうあくshōaku】grasping; seizing; holding
てのひらtenohira掌【てのひらtenohira】palm (of one's hand)
掌を返す【てのひらをかえすtenohirawokaesu】to change one's attitude quickly; to flip over one's hand
たなごころtanagokoro掌【たなごころtanagokoro】palm (of one's hand)
掌を指す【たなごころをさすtanagokorowosasu】to be obvious; to be obviously correct; to point to one's palm
掌を返す【たなごころをかえすtanagokorowokaesu】to change one's attitude quickly; to flip over one's hand
Codepoints and classification codes:
638c–Unicode
30-24–JIS X 0208
2-5-7–SKIP
3n9.4–TKD
9050.2–Four Corner
1047–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
1366–Classic Nelson
2200–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
2602–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
1666–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
801–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
1618–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
1748–Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
1210–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
12248–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 5 p. 269
1402–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
499–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
1360–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
1537–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
1677–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
850–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
809–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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