掌 (zhǎng): meaning and stroke order
掌 (zhǎng) means palm of the hand, sole of the foot, paw, horseshoe, to slap, to hold in one's hand.
掌
- Simplified
- 掌
- Traditional
- 掌 (same form)
- Pinyin
- zhǎng
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Stroke order of 掌
掌
- zhǎng palm of the hand; sole of the foot
- 12 strokes
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Meaning of 掌
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zhǎng
- palm of the hand
- sole of the foot
- paw
- horseshoe
- to slap
- to hold in one's hand
- to wield
Radical and structure
- 掌
- Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 12 strokes · 𫩠 on top, 手 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 掌
- 掌管 zhǎng guǎn in charge of; to control
- 掌声 zhǎng shēng applause; CL:陣|阵[zhen4]
- 击掌 jī zhǎng to clap one's hands; to clap each other's hands
- 鼓掌 gǔ zhǎng to applaud; to clap
- 掌握 zhǎng wò to grasp (often fig.); to control
掌 in our stories
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她刚说完，后排就有几个年轻的车主鼓起掌来，其中一个喊道：“我每天下班找车位要找半个小时！”
tā gāng shuōwán hòupái jiù yǒu jǐ gè niánqīng de chēzhǔ gǔqǐ zhǎng lái qízhōng yí gè hǎn dào wǒ měitiān xiàbān zhǎo chēwèi yào zhǎo bàn gè xiǎoshí
As soon as she finished, a few young car owners in the back rows started clapping, and one of them shouted: "It takes me half an hour to find a space every day after work!"
From the story The market hearing HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Stories using 掌
- The market hearing HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).