Memory phrase for the character: 把

把

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Meaning

handle, to hold, contain, grasp, take hold of

Pronunciation

bǎ, bà

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: to hope 巴 (Behind the doorknob 巴 you may hope.)

Mnemonic
 
The hand at the doorknob stands for holding (or handle).

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
巴 to hope, long forActually a slumped person 巴 is shown. But the explanations use it as "doorknob". This free interpretatin is based on the character: 把 (bǎ, bà), which is in combination of a hand 扌 and means: doorknob.




 Vocabulary

把握 bǎ wò  to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome)
把手 bǎ shǒu  handle; grip; knob
 

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