# chirography

> English word · Noun · IPA /kʌɪˈrɒɡrəfi/

## Definitions
1. Synonym of handwriting or penmanship, one's personal skill at writing.
2. Synonym of calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing.
3. Synonym of autograph, writing in one's own hand.
4. Synonym of palmistry, fortune-telling based on one's hand.

## Etymology
From chirograph + -y under influence from geography &c., from French chirographe, from Latin chirographus and chirographum, from Ancient Greek χειρόγραφος (kheirógraphos) and χειρόγραφον (kheirógraphon), from χειρο- (kheiro-, “hand-”) + γραφος (graphos, “writing, written thing”). Equivalent to chiro- (“hand”) + -graphy (“writing”) and handwriting.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/chirography