• 888th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 52 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhǎng (zhang3)palm of the hand • sole of the foot • paw • horseshoe • to slap • to hold in one's hand • to wield

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

掌控 
掌握 

Uncommon

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

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  • 1030th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 15 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

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

Pronunciation Clues

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

Common

把握 

Uncommon

掌握 
握住 
握手 
紧握 (緊握)

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