掌

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

掌 = 尚 + 手 : Inside the anglepod (ang3), James II of England (zh) and the Buddhist monk (尚) play catch using two baseball gloves (手) and a horseshoe (掌).

掌 character breakdown

掌
- 尚
  - 冋
    - 冂
      - 丨
      - ㇆
        
        一
        
        亅
    - 口
    - 囗
  - 小
    - 亅
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
  - ⺌
    - 小
      - 亅
      - 八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
- 手

尚

shàng = sh + ang4

surname Shang

尚

shàng = sh + ang4

still / yet / to value / to esteem

尚 = ⺌ + 冋 : Mnemonic symbol: 和尚, a buddhist monk.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) assumed his new post inside of the anglepod's bathroom (ang4) at the border control checkpoint (冋). His first client is a buddhist monk (尚) who wants to import some aloe vera (⺌). Sherlock asks him what he thinks how large the value (尚) of his goods is, but the buddhist monk has no idea.

手

shǒu = sh + ou3

hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Mnemonic symbol: a baseball glove. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is trying out his new baseball glove (手) in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

Characters with 掌 as component

撑

撐

che̅ng = ch + (e)ng1

to support / to prop up / to push or move with a pole / to maintain / to open or unfurl / to fill to bursting point / brace / stay / support

撑 = 扌 + 掌 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is bracing (撑) himself for his next battle in front of the engine ((e)ng1). He supports (撑) his feet with horseshoes (掌) and holds a toy claw (扌) in each hand.

罉

che̅ng = ch + (e)ng1

(dialect) cooking pot / variant of 鐺|铛[cheng1]