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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 掌

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
掌 zhǎng - palm of the hand
- sole of the foot
- paw
- horseshoe
- to slap
- to hold in one's hand
- to wield

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 2,700 3,021 4,449

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ 尚 手

Radical:

手

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

尚

Semantic:

手

Hint:

Hand

Other Words Containing 掌

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
掌握 5 5 1,981 1,674 3,976
掌 - - 2,700 3,021 4,449
鼓掌 4 5 3,681 9,570 6,090
掌声 - 6 4,702 5,993 8,029
掌管 - 7 8,048 20,084 29,131
了如指掌 - - 9,047 28,058 44,963
巴掌 - - 9,554 11,233 6,071
手掌 - 8 9,847 9,763 7,759
击掌 - - 10,075 36,807 33,230
掌权 - - 10,452 31,640 31,130
仙人掌 - - 12,190 24,332 12,782
易如反掌 - - 15,649 47,537 48,513
掌舵 - - 19,916 40,115 42,189
掌心 - - 23,845 19,203 13,617
手掌心 - - 25,439 - -
熊掌 - - 25,912 37,199 22,201
执掌 - - 27,202 22,702 40,537
魔掌 - - 30,951 49,399 43,252
脚掌 - - 31,017 36,001 20,400
掌骨 - - 31,273 86,820 80,678
掌上明珠 - - 31,914 53,782 52,517
摩拳擦掌 - - 35,645 36,557 37,870
掌嘴 - - 46,947 99,367 53,868
掌声雷动 - - 49,124 49,497 51,953
马掌 - - 51,667 - -
孤掌难鸣 - - 55,722 79,843 82,870
掌勺 - - 56,500 65,058 44,012
掌柜 - - 65,991 14,215 12,754