DICTIONARY
The Chinese word zhang - 掌 - zhăng
(palm in Chinese)
Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)
zhăng
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English translations
palm"Why are some translations grayed out?"
Grayed-out terms are meanings of the character which cannot be used as translations. For example, 必 (bì) has the meaning must / to have to. However, the Chinese translation for "must" is not 必 (bì) but 必须 (bìxū)., to control,
to be in charge of
Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 掌 ( zhăng ) correctly?"
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
The traditional Chinese characters of zhăng are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Character complexity
掌 is composed of 12 strokes and therefore is of average complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).
Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
hand | to grasp
掌 ( zhang / zhăng ) belongs to the 1000 most common Chinese characters (rank 549)
掌 ( zhang / zhăng ) belongs to the 1000 most common Chinese characters (rank 549)
Chinese example words containing the character 掌 ( zhang / zhăng )
Other characters that are pronounced zhăng in Chinese
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All words in this dictionary (more to come) were taken from the multimedia Chinese learning software Han Trainer Pro.
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Version 5.40 / Last updated: 2023-07-28