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掌

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掌

  • zhǎng (zhang³) Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄓㄤˇ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • zang³ Mandarin, Chengdu, Sichuanese
  • zoeng² Cantonese, Jyutping
  • zong³ Gan, Wiktionary specific
  • chóng Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • zong³ Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
  • zon² Jin, Wiktionary specific
  • ciēng Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • ciōng Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • chiúⁿ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • chióⁿ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • chńg Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • chéng Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • chín Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • chióng Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • chiáng Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • zion² Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ziên² Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ⁵tsaon Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • zhan³ Xiang, Changsha, Wiktionary specific
  • zhǎng Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • jhǎng Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • chang³ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • jǎng Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • jaang Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • чжан Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA

Where it comes from

形聲漢字（上古 *tjaŋʔ）：聲符 尚 (上古 *djaŋ, *djaŋs) + 意符 手 。

釋義 𤓯

  1. 手心
  2. 閩語 手指
  3. 腳底
  4. 鞋底或鞋跟
  5. 馬蹄鐵
  6. 用手掌打
  7. 管理，主持
  8. 把握，控制
  9. 用手掌用力擊打和推動的動作（武術或招式）
  10. 官話方言 放上，加上 (調味料)
  11. 四川話 支撐，支持

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MLA

"掌." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%8E%8C. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

掌. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%8E%8C

Chicago

"掌." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%8E%8C.

BibTeX
@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {掌},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%8E%8C},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}