1. 掌
  2. 握

掌

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Meta:

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

Decomposition:

Once :
掌 => No glyph available, 手
Radical :
掌 => ⺌ (small), 冖 (cover), 口 (mouth), 手 (hand)
Graphical :
掌 => 丨, 丷, 冖, 口, ㇒, 亅, 二

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 
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 

Appears In:

掌 also appears in:
撑鐣

握

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Meta:

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

Decomposition:

Once :
握 => 扌, 屋
Radical :
握 => 扌 (hand), 尸 (corpse), 至 (arrive)
Graphical :
握 => 亅, 二, 丨, 匚, 一, ㇛, 丶, 一, 丨, 一

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 
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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