Kanji Details:
- 掌
- Frequency:1757
- Kun: てのひら, たなごころ
- On: ショウ
- Meaning: manipulate, rule, administer, conduct, palm of hand
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 車掌 しゃしょう (train) conductor 掌握 しょうあく grasping, seizing, holding 掌 てのひら, たなごころ the palm (of one's hand) 合掌 がっしょう pressing one's hands together in prayer; "please" or "with respect" in Buddhist correspondence (i.e the veneration mudra) 掌る つかさどる to rule, to govern, to administer 掌中 しょうちゅう in the hand, (something) easily manipulated 管掌 かんしょう taking charge, management 手掌 しゅしょう palmar, palm 掌中の玉 しょうちゅうのたま apple of one's eye 掌紋 しょうもん palm print