掌

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 12

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zhǎng
Cantonese: zoeng2
JapaneseKun: TANAGOKORO TSUKASADORU
JapaneseOn: SHOU
Korean: CANG

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: palm of hand, sole of foot, paw

CE-Dict: palm of the hand/sole of the foot/paw/horseshoe/to slap/to hold in one's hand/to wield

Soothill: A palm, a paw; to grasp, control, administer.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.the palm (of a human hand)
2.the sole (of a human foot)
3.the foot of certain animals and birds
4.to control

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: metacarpus - 解剖
palm - 解剖

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: control; horseshoe; palm; shoe sole; sole
【醫】 metacarpus; palm; palma; palma manus; palmae; torus manus; vola

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: control; horseshoe; palm; shoe sole; sole

湘雅醫學專業詞典: metacarpus;palm;voix manus;vola

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《手部》掌手中也。从手尚聲。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】掌
〔古文〕𤓯【唐韻】諸兩切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】止兩切，𠀤章上聲。【說文】手中也。【增韻】手心也，謂指本也。【論語】指其掌。【禮·中庸】治國其如示諸掌乎。【註】示讀如寘。【疏】如置物掌中也。　又職掌，主也。【書·周官】冢宰掌邦治。【禮·樂記】禮之末節也，故有司掌之。　又鞅掌，失容也。【詩·小雅】或王事鞅掌。【箋】鞅，猶荷也。掌，謂捧之也。負荷捧持以趨走。言促遽也。【疏】言事煩，不暇爲容儀也。　又姓。晉琅邪掌同，前凉燉煌掌據。　又【本】【草】水蛭。一名至掌。【爾雅·釋蟲】蛭蝚，至掌。　【正字通】古作𤓯。覆手爲爪，反爪爲𤓯。後譌作仉。孟子母仉氏，今作掌。

CF-Dict: paume/patte/tenir/prendre en main

Han-De-Dict: Handinnenfläche, Handteller (u.E.) (S)/Zhang (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)