Chinese Character 掌 Meanings and components.

Form

掌

Meaning

掌 meaning[3] in English

Palm Of The Hand.

Sole Of The Foot.

Paw.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 掌 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Shang (尚) , and hand (手)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with FBRQ

How to write 掌

To write掌zhang3palm of … you should write a combination of 尚shang4surname Shang , 手shou3hand arranged in a 吕 shape:

尚 + 手 = 掌

掌 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 掌 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 掌, looks as follow:

掌
Pinyin:zhang3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Palm Of The Hand . Sole Of The Foot . Paw . Horseshoe . To Slap . To Hold In One'S Hand . To Wield
尚
Pinyin:shang4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Shang
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
冋
Pinyin:jiong1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 坰[Jiong1]
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
囗
Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure
手
Pinyin:shou3
Meaning[3]: Hand . (Formal) To Hold . Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work . Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work . Personal(Ly) . Convenient . Classifier For Skill . Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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