The kanji 掌: meaning, readings and stroke order

掌

Meaning: palm, take charge
On reading: ショウ shou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 12
Radical: 手 hand
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: lòng bàn tay, đảm nhiệm (chưởng)
Japanese: てのひら。うけもつ。
Korean: 손바닥, 맡다 (장)
Chinese: 手掌、掌管

Readings, words and example sentences

ショウ shou · on reading · less common

車しゃ掌しょう
train conductor
車しゃ掌しょうが切ぷを調べます。
The conductor checks the tickets.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.