掌紋(しょうもん)

しょうもん
noun
palm print; palmprint
1. palm print; palmprint
The pattern of lines, ridges, and creases on the surface of a person's palm. Used in forensic science for identification and in palmistry for divination.
犯行(はんこう)現場(げんば)から掌紋(しょうもん)が検出(けんしゅつ)された。
A palm print was found at the crime scene.
掌紋(しょうもん)は指紋(しもん)と同様(どうよう)に個人(こじん)識別(しきべつ)に使(つか)われる。
Palm prints are used for personal identification just like fingerprints.
警察(けいさつ)は容疑者(ようぎしゃ)の掌紋(しょうもん)を採取(さいしゅ)して、現場(げんば)のものと照合(しょうごう)した。
The police collected the suspect's palm print and compared it with the one from the scene.

A compound of 掌(しょう) (palm of the hand) and 紋(もん) (pattern, crest). Like fingerprints, palm prints are unique to each individual and are used as evidence in criminal investigations.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 掌紋(しょうもん)を採取(さいしゅ)する: to collect a palm print
  • 掌紋(しょうもん)を照合(しょうごう)する: to compare palm prints
  • 掌紋(しょうもん)鑑定(かんてい): palm print analysis
  • 掌紋(しょうもん)が一致(いっち)する: palm prints match

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 指紋(しもん): fingerprint — the pattern on fingertips; more commonly collected than palm prints
  • 手相(てそう): palm reading, palmistry — interpreting the lines of the palm for fortune-telling
  • 紋様(もんよう): pattern, design — a more general term for any decorative or identifying pattern
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