手相(てそう)

The pattern of lines on the palm, and the practice of reading them to tell fortunes. The verb 見(み)る is used for reading a palm.

Common collocations

• 手相(てそう)を見(み)る: to read a palm
• 手相(てそう)を見(み)てもらう: to have one's palm read
• 手相(てそう)占(うらな)い: palm reading

Similar words

• 人相(にんそう): physiognomy — reading character and fortune from the face instead of the palm
• 運勢(うんせい): one's fortune; luck — the fortune itself that such reading reveals