Kanji1 / 12
掌 kanji
palm of hand, rule, administer, conduct
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ショウ
Kun readings
てのひらたなごころ
Words with 掌
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —掌蹠膿疱症palmoplantar pustulosis
- —政府管掌保険government-managed insurance
- —孤掌鳴らし難しone cannot live solely by oneself; one cannot accomplish anything solely by oneself; clapping with one hand is hard
- —政府管掌健康保険government-managed health insurance
- —掌篇(very) short story or article; short short story; conté
- —掌程law; rule; ordinance; charter
- —合掌造traditional style of Japanese architecture with a steep thatched roof
- —掌中の玉apple of one's eye; one's jewel
- —合掌組みtriangular frame of a thatched roof