Chinese Character Wiki
掌

zhǎng

palm of hand

Phonosemantic compound. 手 represents the meaning and 尚 represents the sound.

Components
尚 sound component

尚  Sound component

shàng

  

esteem

手 meaning component

手  Meaning component

shǒu

  

hand

Evolution

掌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
掌 Clerical script Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)

Clerical script

Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)
掌 Clerical script Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)

Clerical script

Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)
掌 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
掌 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

掌  

zhǎng

palm of hand, sole of foot, paw; palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw; horseshoe; to slap; to hold in one's hand; to wield

Most common words with 掌
Freq.
Word
Meaning

掌握

to control

掌

paw

掌声

applause

鼓掌

to applaud

手掌

palm

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

撑

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k.t]aŋʔ

tsyangX

zhǎng

palm of the hand


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 37.8984% of movies

1059th most common character in movies

890th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+638C

Shuowen

“掌，手中也。从手，尚聲。”


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