Meta:

  1. 掌 is the 888th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 35 words.
  4. appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> No glyph available,
Radical :
=> (small), (cover), (mouth), (hand)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. zhang3 - palm of the hand/sole of the foot/paw/horseshoe/to slap/to hold in one's hand/to wield

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
掌控 

Medium Frequency

仙人掌 
八卦掌 
巴掌 
手掌 
掌心 
掌握 
掌柜 (掌櫃)
掌声 (掌聲)
熊掌 
脚掌 (腳掌)
鼓掌 

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Meta:

  1. 握 is the 1030th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 11 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (hand), (corpse), (arrive)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. wo4 - to hold/to grasp/to clench (one's fist)/to master/classifier: a handful

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 握 (wo4): The component 屋 is pronounced as 'wu1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

把握 

Medium Frequency

掌握 
 
握住 
握手 
紧握 (緊握)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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