Kanji List

掌

• kun: てのひら, たなごころ
• on: ショウ
• meaning: manipulate, rule, administer, conduct, palm of hand
• words:

  Word	Reading	Meaning
  車掌	しゃしょう	(train) conductor
  掌握	しょうあく	grasping, seizing, holding
  掌	てのひら, たなごころ	the palm (of one's hand)
  合掌	がっしょう	pressing one's hands together in prayer; "please" or "with respect" in Buddhist correspondence (i.e the veneration mudra)
  掌る	つかさどる	to rule, to govern, to administer
  掌中	しょうちゅう	in the hand, (something) easily manipulated
  管掌	かんしょう	taking charge, management
  手掌	しゅしょう	palmar, palm
  掌中の玉	しょうちゅうのたま	apple of one's eye
  掌紋	しょうもん	palm print