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
- N2車掌Popular(train) conductor
- —合掌Popularpressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly; sincerely yours
- —掌握Populargrasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
- —掌中Popularin the hand; (something) easily manipulated
- —管掌taking charge; management
- —手掌palm
- —掌紋palm print
- —掌理rule of law; administration of justice
- —分掌division of duties; taking charge of (one's allotted duty); handling one's share of (the work); sharing (duties)
- —鞅掌being busy with
- —職掌official duties; office; function
- —掌編(very) short story or article; short short story; conté
- —落掌receive
- —掌骨metacarpal (bone); metacarpus
- —掌客court official in charge of entertaining important guests
- —所掌under one's jurisdiction; having jurisdiction
- —熊掌bear's palm (meat treasured in ancient China)
- —掌底palm heel; heel of the palm
- —掌大small; tiny; size of a palm
- —領掌possessing (a territory, land, etc.); ruling over; managing; acknowledging; approving; granting