Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1757 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: manipulate, rule, administer, conduct, palm of hand

Kunyomi: てのひら たなごころ

Onyomi: ショウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: hand

Examples

Onyomi Examples

手のひら テノヒラ palm (of the hand)

ショウアク grasping, seizing, holding, commanding, having control over

ガッショウ pressing one's hands together in prayer, triangular frame of a thatched roof, yours sincerely, yours truly, sincerely yours

オウショウ being busy with

Kunyomi Examples

手のひら てのひら palm (of the hand)

手のひらを返す てのひらをかえす to flip-flop, to do an about-face, to flip over one's hand, to do something easy

手のひら てのひら palm (of the hand)

の玉 たなごころのたま apple of one's eye