掌 (zhǎng)
palm; to control; to be in charge of
How 掌 is written
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- ⺌ — small
- Traditional
- 掌
- Simplified
- 掌 (unchanged)
Common words using 掌
- 掌控 zhǎngkòng
- to control; in control of
- 仙人掌 xiānrénzhǎng
- cactus
- 八卦掌 bāguàzhǎng
- baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
- 巴掌 bāzhǎng
- palm; hand
- 手掌 shǒuzhǎng
- palm
- 掌心 zhǎngxīn
- hollow of the palm
- 掌握 zhǎngwò
- to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny)
- 掌櫃 zhǎngguì
- shopkeeper
- 掌聲 zhǎngshēng
- applause; CL:陣|阵[zhen4]
- 熊掌 xióngzhǎng
- bear paw (as food)
- 腳掌 jiǎozhǎng
- the sole of the foot
- 鼓掌 gǔzhǎng
- to applaud; to clap
掌 in a sentence
大家大聲地為他鼓掌。
Dàjiā dàshēng de wèi tā gǔzhǎng.
“Everyone clapped loudly for him.”
How common is 掌?
掌 is the 888th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 87.2% of all running text.
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