Memory phrase for the character: 把

把

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Meaning

take, grasp, hold, bundle

Pronunciation

HA
toru, -wa

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: 巴 var. of slump down 㔾 (image of a crouching person)

Mnemonic
 
The hand of the crouched person grasps for a bundle. (Or the right as the image of a doorknob 巴: The hand at the knob grasps it.)

Radicals

扌 handSeveral characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌, 手, ヨ
巴 slumped personThis is a variation of the sitting person 匕




 Vocabulary

把握 はあく  grasp, catch, understanding

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