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握

grip
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingアク
Kun readingにぎ.る
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Verbs with «握»

把握する握る

Meanings

  1. gripRtK
    彼は片手でハンドルを握り、もう一方の手を私のほうに振った。He held the wheel with one hand and waved to me with the other.tatoeba
    彼は彼女に近寄って握手をした。He went up to her and they shook hands.tatoeba
  2. hold
  3. mould sushi
  4. bribe
  1. to clasp
  2. to grasp
  3. to grip
  4. to clutch
  5. to hold (the answer)

Popular Usage

握手

Radicals and components

Radical手hand扌variant
Components
How it's built
握
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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finger · fingers · roof (宀) · flag climax · wall · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · elbow · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1139

Compound words

握手あくしゅ
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
握るにぎる
to clasp; to grasp; to grip; to clutch; to hold (the answer)
御握りおにぎり
onigiri
把握するはあくする
to grasp
握りにぎり
grasping; gripping; grasp; grip; clutch
握力あくりょく
grip (of hand); grip strength
掌握しょうあく
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
把握はあく
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
握らすにぎらす
to let (someone) take hold of your hand
一握りひとにぎり
a handful (of); small amount (of); small number (of); trouncing; crushing
握り飯にぎりめし
onigiri; rice ball
握り締めるにぎりしめる
to grasp tightly
握斧あくふ
(Paleolithic) hand axe
握鮨にぎりずし
nigirizushi
お握りおにぎり
onigiri
握り屋にぎりや
miser
握り鮨にぎりずし
nigirizushi
握寿司にぎりずし
nigirizushi
ひと握りひとにぎり
a handful (of)
握りずしにぎりずし
nigirizushi
握り寿司にぎりずし
nigirizushi
握り潰しにぎりつぶし
shelving
握髪吐哺あくはつとほ
(a statesman making) extraordinary efforts to find and employ capable persons (persons of great wisdom)
握りつぶしにぎりつぶし
shelving

Additional Examples

彼は彼女に近づいて握手した。
He went up to her and they shook hands.tatoeba
彼は彼女と握手をして微笑んだ。
He shook hands with her and smiled.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 握

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step