握 (aak1 ak1 | wo4) : grasp; close the fist

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握

aak1 ak1

wo4

[1] grasp; hold; possess
[2] close/clench the fist

Jyutping ak1 is literary reading; aak1 is colloquial. The latter is more commonly used. A few might prefer the hypercorrect pronunciation ngaak1.

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: 扌 (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

握

This word has been viewed 4957 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 9th Dec 2010 11:50

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把握 baa2 ngaak1 ba3 wo4 = [1] hold [2] certainty

掌握 zoeng2 ak1 zhang3 wo4 = to grasp

握手 ak1 sau2 wo4 shou3 = to shake hands

握力 ak1 lik6 wo4 li4 = [n] grip; traction

有把握 jau5 baa2 ak1 you3 ba3 wo4 = confident of success

緊握 gan2 ngak1 jin3 wo4 = to tightly hold; to tightly grip

把握不了 baa2 ak1 bat1 liu5 ba3 wo4 bu4 le5 = unable to grasp 國

掌握電腦 zoeng2 ak1 din6 nou5 zhang3 wo4 dian4 nao3 = PDA; Personal Digital Assistant

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請緊握扶手
Please tightly hold the hand rails
[Heard on Hong Kong Light Rail Transit (LRT)]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 握
Unicode code for this character: U+63e1 (off-site link)

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