Word Meaning 掌

てのひら tenohira

掌 is read as てのひら (tenohira) and means palm (of the hand).

Meaning

English

palm (of the hand)

Reading

Kana

てのひら

Romaji

tenohira

Writing Variants

手のひら てのひら tenohira
手の平 てのひら te no hira
掌しょう shou
掌たなごころ tanagokoro

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 3級 Antonyms 手の甲 Rank 473 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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掌中

しょうちゅう

in the hand

掌握

しょうあく

grasping

車掌

しゃしょう

(train) conductor

合掌

がっしょう

pressing one's hands together in prayer

Example Sentences

大人になったら、車掌になりたい。

When I grow up, I want to be a train conductor.

意見は人が掌握し、信念は人を掌握する。

Our opinion is an idea which we have; our conviction an idea which has us.

私達は今日金晃丸という種類の仙人掌を買いました。

Today we bought a variety of cactus known as kinkoumaru.

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