握 (wò): meaning and stroke order
握 (wò) means to hold; to grasp, to clench (one's fist), (bound form) to have in one's control.
握
- Simplified
- 握
- Traditional
- 握 (same form)
- Pinyin
- wò
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Stroke order of 握
握
- wò to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist)
- 12 strokes
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Meaning of 握
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wò
- to hold; to grasp
- to clench (one's fist)
- (bound form) to have in one's control
- classifier: a handful
Radical and structure
- 握
- Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 12 strokes · 扌 on the left, 屋 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 握
- 掌握 zhǎng wò to grasp (often fig.); to control
握 in our stories
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他身材高大，两只耳朵上挂着黄蛇，手里也握着黄蛇，一步能跨过一座山丘。
tā shēncái gāodà liǎng zhī ěrduo shàng guà zhe huángshé shǒu lǐ yě wò zhe huángshé yí bù néng kuà guò yí zuò shānqiū
He was enormous: yellow snakes hung from his ears and he held yellow snakes in his hands, and a single stride carried him over a hill.
From the story Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 握
- Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).