掌

zhǎng

palm of the hand

sole of the foot; paw; horseshoe; to slap; to hold in one's hand; to wield

High (尚) + hand (手) = palm that holds and wields

手 anchors the meaning: something held in or done with the hand. 尚 contributes the sound zhǎng and does not carry semantic weight here.

尚+手→掌
尚HighPhonetic
手HandSemantic

她把小鸟放在手掌上,轻轻地看着它。

tā bǎ xiǎo niǎo fàng zài shǒu zhǎng shàng, qīng qīng de kàn zhe tā。

she placed the little bird on her palm and looked at it gently.

这家公司由他一个人掌管,没有人能改变他的决定。

zhè jiā gōng sī yóu tā yī gè rén zhǎng guǎn, méi yǒu rén néng gǎi biàn tā de jué dìng。

this company is controlled by him alone, and no one can change his decisions.

Words with 掌

仙人掌

xiān rén zhǎng

cactus

八卦掌

bā guà zhǎng

baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)

掌控

zhǎng kòng

to control

长掌义县龙

cháng zhǎng yì xiàn lóng

Yixianosaurus longimanus, theropod dinosaur from Yi county 義縣|义县, Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, west Liaoning

马掌

mǎ zhǎng

the cutin skin of a horse's hoof

魔掌

mó zhǎng

the power of sb or sth evil; the clutches (of a bad person etc)

鱼与熊掌

yú yǔ xióng zhǎng

lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other

鱼与熊掌不可兼得

yú yǔ xióng zhǎng bù kě jiān dé

lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other

鸭掌

yā zhǎng

duck feet (claws)

鹅掌楸

é zhǎng qiū

Chinese tulip tree

鼓掌

gǔ zhǎng

to applaud

一个巴掌拍不响

yī ge bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎng

lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb)

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