Word Meaning 掌骨

しょうこつ shoukotsu

掌骨 is read as しょうこつ (shoukotsu) and means bones of the palm (esp. the metacarpals, but sometimes also including the carpals).

Meaning

English

bones of the palm (esp. the metacarpals, but sometimes also including the carpals)

Reading

Kana

しょうこつ

Romaji

shoukotsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 137532 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

掌

しょう

palm (of the hand)

掌中

しょうちゅう

in the hand

掌握

しょうあく

grasping

掌中本

しょうちゅうぼん

pocket edition

掌中の玉

しょうちゅうのたま

apple of one's eye

掌大

しょうだい

small

掌理

しょうり

rule of law

骸骨

がいこつ

skeleton

露骨

ろこつ

broad

拳骨

げんこつ

(clenched) fist

遺骨

いこつ

remains (of war dead)

納骨

のうこつ

placing (a person's) ashes inside a funerary urn (or a tomb or ossuary)