Memory phrase for the character: 握

握

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Meaning

to grasp, to hold, to clench (one's fist)

Pronunciation

wò

Explanation

Left: hand 扌, right: house, building 屋 (buttock seen from the side 尸, and: reach 至 [From the sky 一 an arrow 厶 returns back to earth 土 and arrives/reaches there.])

Mnemonic


 
When the hand has reached the buttocks, it grasps it.

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
尸 buttocks in side viewThis radical has actually the meaning: corpse 尸. But due to its use in tail 尾, urine 尿, or flatulence 屁, it is considered to generally mean 'buttocks'.
至 to arrive, reachShows an arrow, falling to the ground and such reaches its target.




 Vocabulary

把握 bǎ wò  to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome)
掌握 zhǎng wò  to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency
 

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