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握 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

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4Junior high level ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
アクあく · aku
Kun
にぎ.るnigi.ru
Meaning
grip; grasp

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

扌 "hand" with 屋: to enclose within the hand — to grip, to grasp.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onアクあくaku握手あくしゅ握力あくりょく掌握しょうあく
Kunにぎるnigiru握るにぎる握りにぎり一握りひとにぎり

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 握手あくしゅ

    handshake

  • 把握はあく

    grasp; understanding

More words with this kanji

  • 掌握しょうあく
  • 握り鮨にぎりずし

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

全体(ぜんたい)の様子(ようす)を把握(はあく)しておく。

I make sure I have a grasp of the whole situation.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

握手把握握手hand把grasp払pay扱handle抗resist抜pull…押push扼to gri…阨narrow悪bad偓be ent…堊white…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading アクAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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