手板

Chinese

hand; convenient; ‑er
 
board; plank; plate
board; plank; plate; slab
trad. (手板)
simp. #(手板)

Pronunciation


Noun

手板

  1. (anatomy) palm (concave part of the hand)
  2. (Buddhism) clapper
  3. (education, historical) teacher’s ruler used for punishing pupils
  4. (music) handheld clapper used in traditional Chinese music
  5. (historical) tablet held by officials at court (used to take notes, or for ceremonial purposes)
  6. (historical) name card (used when someone of lower status meets someone of higher status during the Ming and Qing dynasties)

Synonyms

  • (palm):
  • (clapper): 戒尺 (jièchǐ)
  • (teacher's ruler): 戒尺 (jièchǐ), 戒方 (jièfāng)
  • (handheld clapper used in traditional Chinese music): 拍板 (pāibǎn)
  • (tablet held by officials): (), 手板 (shǒubǎn)
  • (name card): 手版 (shǒubǎn), 手本 (shǒuběn)

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
いた
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Noun

()(いた) (teita) 

  1. a flat ritual baton or scepter of Chinese origin. Usually made of woods like Japanese yew, holly, cherry, sakaki, (Japanese cedar,) the shaku is often seen in portraits of shoguns and noblemen, but is now used mostly by Shinto priests

See also

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