Kanji
N1 12 strokes Grade 8 freq #1757

palm of hand, rule, administer, conduct

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

hand te

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

(train) conductor
grasping; seizing
pressing one's hands together in prayer
in the hand; (something) easily manipulated
metacarpal (bone); metacarpus
government-managed health insurance
court official in charge of entertaining important guests
government-managed insurance
under one's jurisdiction; having jurisdiction
triangular frame of a thatched roof

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to manipulate at will; to control however one pleases
apple of one's eye
one cannot live solely by oneself; one cannot accomplish anything solely by oneself

Example sentences

Say, Conductor! What's the next town?

The bus conductor told her to get off because she could not pay the fare.

The teacher controls the class, usually standing in front of the students and lecturing to them during the lesson.

Tom was master of the situation in no time.