掌握 (zhǎng wò): meaning and stroke order
掌握 (zhǎng wò) means to grasp (often fig.), to control, to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny), to master.
掌握
- Simplified
- 掌握
- Traditional
- 掌握 (same form)
- Pinyin
- zhǎng wò
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Stroke order of 掌握
掌
- zhǎng palm of the hand; sole of the foot
- 12 strokes
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握
- wò to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist)
- 12 strokes
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Meaning of 掌握
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zhǎng wò
- to grasp (often fig.)
- to control
- to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny)
- to master
- to know well
- to understand sth well and know how to use it
- fluency
Radicals of the characters
- 掌
- Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 12 strokes · 𫩠 on top, 手 below
- 握
- Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 12 strokes · 扌 on the left, 屋 on the right
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.
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).