掌 — manipulate, rule, administer

しょう掌 manipulate

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes

U+638C Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1757 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #864 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

manipulate
rule
administer
conduct
palm of hand

word

しょう shou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

車(しゃ) 掌(しょう) shashou (train) conductor

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

なお尚 esteem

て手 hand #64

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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