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Martial arts term
八卦掌 is the title Baguazhang, a form of Chinese boxing.
Literally translated, this means “Eight Trigrams Palm.
You will see this romanized as “Ba Gua Zhang,” or “Pa Kua Chang” (same characters, just different romanization used in mainland China versus Taiwan).
八卦掌 is also known in Japan as hakkeshou or hakkesho.
鐵掌 means “iron palm,” the martial arts technique taught by Brian Gray and others.
This term can mean different things to different people. The consensus is that rather than a type or style of martial arts, this is a technique for refining hand position and strengthening hands to strike blows with maximum force and effect.
The regime may include herbal treatments and special exercises to fortify the hands.
In more extreme versions, the carpals and metacarpal bones in the hand are systematically broken so that when they heal, they will become stronger.
Japanese note: This does make sense in Japanese (though the version shown above is the ancient form of the first Kanji), this is far from a commonly-known term.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your palm search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
貝文 贝文 see styles |
bèi wén bei4 wen2 pei wen haimon |
More info & calligraphy: Bevon |
アダン see styles |
adan アダン |
More info & calligraphy: Adan |
八卦掌 see styles |
bā guà zhǎng ba1 gua4 zhang3 pa kua chang hakkeshou / hakkesho はっけしょう |
More info & calligraphy: Ba Gua Zhang{MA} eight trigrams palm; ba gua zhang; pa kua chang |
菩提樹 菩提树 see styles |
pú tí shù pu2 ti2 shu4 p`u t`i shu pu ti shu bodaiju; bodaiju ぼだいじゅ; ボダイジュ |
More info & calligraphy: The Tree of Enlightenment / The Bodhi Tree(1) Tilia miqueliana (species of linden tree); (2) (See インドボダイジュ) sacred fig (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; bo tree; peepal tree; pipal tree; (given name) Bodaiju bodhidruma, bodhitaru, bodhivṛkṣa; the wisdom-tree, i.e. that under which Śākyamuni attained his enlightenment, and became Buddha. The Ficus religiosa is the pippala, or aśvattha, wrongly identified by Faxian as the palm-tree; it is described as an evergreen, to have been 400 feet high, been cut down several times, but in the Tang dynasty still to be 40 or 50 feet high. A branch of it is said to have been sent by Aśoka to Ceylon, from which sprang the celebrated Bo-tree still flourishing there. |
掌上明珠 see styles |
zhǎng shàng míng zhū zhang3 shang4 ming2 zhu1 chang shang ming chu |
More info & calligraphy: Pearl in the Palm |
巴 see styles |
bā ba1 pa pa パ |
to long for; to wish; to cling to; to stick to; something that sticks; close to; next to; spread open; informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4]; bar (unit of pressure); nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail (abbreviation) (See パーリ語) Pali language; (personal name) He The open hand, palm; to lay hold of; to flatter. |
托 see styles |
tuō tuo1 t`o to taku |
to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm; something serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest); (bound form) a shill; to ask; to beg; to entrust (variant of 託|托[tuo1]); torr (unit of pressure) To carry on the palm, entrust to. |
拓 see styles |
tuò tuo4 t`o to hiromu ひろむ |
to expand; to push something with the hand; to develop; to open up (female given name) Hiromu Carry (on the palm), entrust to, pretext, extend. |
掌 see styles |
zhǎng zhang3 chang shougo / shogo しょうご |
palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw; horseshoe; to slap; to hold in one's hand; to wield palm (of one's hand); (personal name) Shougo A palm, a paw; to grasp, control, administer. |
揎 see styles |
xuān xuan1 hsüan |
to roll up one's sleeves; to slap with the palm |
桹 see styles |
láng lang2 lang |
(palm) |
梖 see styles |
bèi bei4 pei bai |
pattra; 梖多葉 the palm-leaves used for writing; the梖多樹 is erroneously said to be the borassus flabelliformis, described as 60 or 70 feet high, not deciduous, the bark used for writing. |
棕 see styles |
zōng zong1 tsung |
palm; palm fiber; coir (coconut fiber); brown |
椰 see styles |
yē ye1 yeh |
(bound form) coconut palm; Taiwan pr. [ye2] |
檳 槟 see styles |
bīng bing1 ping hin |
betel palm (Areca catechu); betel nut; Taiwan pr. [bin1] The areca or betel-nut, i.e. 檳榔 pūga, the areca catechu, or betel-nut tree. |
櫚 榈 see styles |
lǘ lu:2 lü |
palm tree |
ヒラ see styles |
pira ピラ |
(1) something broad and flat; palm of the hand; (2) common; ordinary; (3) (abbreviation) low-ranking employee; freshman; novice; private; (place-name) Pira |
ヤシ see styles |
yashi ヤシ |
(kana only) palm tree; (place-name) Iasi (Roumania) |
一葉 一叶 see styles |
yī shě yi1 she3 i she ichiyou; hitoha / ichiyo; hitoha いちよう; ひとは |
(1) one leaf; (2) (いちよう only) one page; one sheet; one card; one photo; (3) (archaism) one boat; (female given name) Hitoha A leaf; a palm-leaf or page of a sūtra. |
假冒 see styles |
jiǎ mào jia3 mao4 chia mao |
to impersonate; to pose as (someone else); to counterfeit; to palm off (a fake as a genuine) |
反掌 see styles |
fǎn zhǎng fan3 zhang3 fan chang |
lit. to turn over one's palm; fig. everything is going very well. |
叩く see styles |
hataku はたく |
(transitive verb) (1) (kana only) to dust; to remove dust; (transitive verb) (2) (kana only) to slap; to hit (with the palm); (transitive verb) (3) (kana only) to use up money |
多羅 多罗 see styles |
duō luó duo1 luo2 to lo tara たら |
(1) (abbreviation) (See 多羅樹) palmyra; (2) (abbreviation) (See 多羅葉) lusterleaf holly; (3) patra (silver incense dish placed in front of a Buddhist statue); (surname, female given name) Tara tārā, in the sense of starry, or scintillation; Tāla, for the fan-palm; Tara, from 'to pass over', a ferry, etc. Tārā, starry, piercing, the eye, the pupil; the last two are both Sanskrit and Chinese definitions; it is a term applied to certain female deities and has been adopted especially by Tibetan Buddhism for certain devīs of the Tantric school. The origin of the term is also ascribed to tar meaning 'to cross', i. e. she who aids to cross the sea of mortality. Getty, 19-27. The Chinese derivation is the eye; the tara devīs; either as śakti or independent, are little known outside Lamaism. Tāla is the palmyra, or fan-palm, whose leaves are used for writing and known as 具多 Pei-to, pattra. The tree is described as 70 or 80 feet high, with fruit like yellow rice-seeds; the borassus eabelliformis; a measure of 70 feet. Taras, from to cross over, also means a ferry, and a bank, or the other shore. Also 呾囉. |
巴掌 see styles |
bā zhang ba1 zhang5 pa chang |
palm of the hand; classifier: slap |
平手 see styles |
píng shǒu ping2 shou3 p`ing shou ping shou hirate ひらて |
(sports) draw; tie (1) palm; open hand; (2) {shogi} playing on equal terms; lack of handicap; (surname) Hirade |
手心 see styles |
shǒu xīn shou3 xin1 shou hsin tegokoro てごころ |
palm (of one's hand); control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand) discretion; consideration; allowance |
手掌 see styles |
shǒu zhǎng shou3 zhang3 shou chang shushou / shusho しゅしょう |
palm {med} palm palm of the hand |
手汗 see styles |
tease てあせ |
palm sweat |
手相 see styles |
shǒu xiàng shou3 xiang4 shou hsiang tesou / teso てそう |
palmistry; features of a palm (in palmistry) (noun/participle) palm reading |
手筋 see styles |
shǒu jīn shou3 jin1 shou chin tesuji てすじ |
flexor tendon (coll.); tesuji (a skillful move in the game of Go) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 手筋 "tesuji") lines of the palm; aptitude; handwriting; apt move (in a go or shogi game); standard method |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Ba Gua Zhang | 八卦掌 | hakkeshou / hakesho | bā guà zhǎng ba1 gua4 zhang3 ba gua zhang baguazhang | pa kua chang pakuachang |
Iron Palm | 鐵掌 铁掌 | tetsu-tenohira | tiě zhǎng tie3 zhang3 tie zhang tiezhang | t`ieh chang tiehchang tieh chang |
Pearl in the Palm | 掌上明珠 | zhǎng shàng míng zhū zhang3 shang4 ming2 zhu1 zhang shang ming zhu zhangshangmingzhu | chang shang ming chu changshangmingchu |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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