掌
掌 — jang
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 손바닥 장
- Romanization
- jang
- English
- palm of hand, sole of foot, paw
- Mandarin
- zhǎng
- Japanese on'yomi
- ショウ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- てのひら たなごころ
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,757 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 手 (64, 8 residual)
- Phonetic component
- 尚
- Unicode
- U+638C
Parts that make up 掌
How 掌 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 掌 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 尚, 手.
Korean example words with 掌
- 소장所掌 Korean gloss: 맡아보는 일
- 관장管掌 Korean gloss: 일을 맡아서 주관함
- 장심掌心 Korean gloss: 손바닥이나 발바닥의 한가운데
- 분장分掌 Korean gloss: 일이나 임무를 나누어 맡아 처리함
- 족장足掌 Korean gloss: 발 아래쪽의, 땅을 밟는 평평한 부분
- 장중掌中 Korean gloss: 마음대로 다룰 수 있는 권한이 미치는 테두리의 안
- 차장車掌 Korean gloss: 기차, 버스, 전차 따위에서 찻삯을 받거나 차의 원활한 운행과 승객의 편의를 도모하는 사람
- 장갑掌匣 Korean gloss: 손을 보호하거나 추위를 막거나 장식하기 위하여 손에 끼는 물건. 천, 가죽, 털실 따위로 만든다
- 합장合掌 Korean gloss: 두 손바닥을 합하여 마음이 한결같음을 나타냄. 또는 그런 예법. 본디 인도의 예법으로, 보통 두 손바닥과 열 손가락을 합한다.
- 겸장하다兼掌 Korean gloss: 두 가지 이상의 일을 겸하여 맡아 관장하다
- 전장하다傳掌 Korean gloss: 전임자가 후임자에게 맡아보던 일이나 물건을 넘겨서 맡기다
- 면장갑綿掌匣 Korean gloss: 면실로 짠 장갑
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 掌
- 車掌しゃしょう (train) conductor
- 掌握しょうあく grasping; seizing; holding
- 合掌がっしょう pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely
- 掌中しょうちゅう in the hand; (something) easily manipulated
- 管掌かんしょう taking charge; management
- 手掌しゅしょう palm
- 掌紋しょうもん palm print
- 掌理しょうり rule of law; administration of justice
- 分掌ぶんしょう division of duties; taking charge of (one's allotted duty); handling one's share of (the work)
- 鞅掌おうしょう being busy with
- 職掌しょくしょう official duties; office; function
- 掌編しょうへん (very) short story or article; short short story; conté
Characters sharing the phonetic 尚
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “장”
Other hanja with radical 手
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences