zhǎng

掌 (zhǎng) is a Chinese word meaning “palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw”.

Meanings

  1. 1palm of the hand
  2. 2sole of the foot
  3. 3paw
  4. 4horseshoe
  5. 5to slap
  6. 6to hold in one's hand
  7. 7to wield

Related words

掌握to grasp (often fig.)鼓掌to applaud掌声applause掌管in charge of了如指掌to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)了如指掌variant of 了如指掌[liao3 ru2 zhi3 zhang3]巴掌palm of the hand手掌palm击掌to clap one's hands掌权to wield (political etc) power仙人掌cactus易如反掌easy as a hand's turn (idiom); very easy

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