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掌 means 'palm'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 1602   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-26    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 20 words   Used in 51 words   Used in 14 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   ショウ
Additional readings
Kun    てのひら   たなごころ
Notes
The upper component is descended from 尚 (furthermore).
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Find out about palm prints and palmistry, and see what 掌 as "palm" represents figuratively. Discover the role of palms in a charming architecture style featured at two World Heritage Sites. Learn about taking charge and having control over things or people, as in "It looks like I can finally get the company under my control." Also see how 掌 relates to trains, martial arts, cacti, bears, and prayer.
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Components
⿱  ⿵  龸 classroom  口 mouth  手 hand  
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拳 fist  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 掌 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 掌 is used 40 times, read 3 ways.
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ショウ : 36 words FIND ALL
し ゃ し ょ う 0
noun
(train) conductor
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てのひら : 2 words FIND ALL
て の ひ ら 0
Most common form: 手のひら
noun
palm (of one's hand)
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たなごころ : 2 words FIND ALL
expression, noun
apple of one's eye  (see also: 掌中の玉)
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An additional 拳 less common words include 掌 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1402  Joy o' Kanji : 1402  Key to Kanji: - 

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掌
ショウ    palm of the hand   
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手
シュ   hand   て    た-    
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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龸
classroom
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⺌
small
冖
cover; covered   
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