Memory phrase for the character: 握

握

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Meaning

grasp, grip, hold

Pronunciation

AKU
nigiru

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: building, shop 屋 (buttock seen from the side 尸 and: reach-a-target 至 [From the sky 一 an arrow ム comes to ground 土: falling back])

Mnemonic
 
The hand is in the shop to grasp. (the goods). OR: When the hand reached the buttocks, it grasped.

Radicals

扌 handSeveral characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌,手, ヨ
尸 buttocks (in a side view)The radical shikabane has the meaning: corpse 尸. But because of its use in tail 尾, buttocks 尻 or urine 尿, it is generally considered to mean "buttocks".
至 reach (a target)Shows an arrow, falling to the ground and thus reached its target.
土 earthground, soil




 Vocabulary

御握り おにぎり  onigiri, riceball
握手 あくしゅ  handshake
把握 はあく  grasp, catch, understanding
握る にぎる  to grasp, to seize, to mould sushi
握力 あくりょく  grip (of hand); grip strength

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