握

握 U+63E1, 握 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63E1 ← 揠 [U+63E0] CJK Unified Ideographs 揢 → [U+63E2]

Translingual

Han character

握 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手尸一土 (QSMG), four-corner 5701₄, composition ⿰扌屋)

Derived characters

• 𪢅

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 443, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12366
• Dae Jaweon: page 794, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1925, character 7
• Unihan data for U+63E1

Chinese

simp. and trad.		握

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (屋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
握	*qroːɡ
幄	*qroːɡ
偓	*qroːɡ
渥	*qroːɡ
齷	*qroːɡ
楃	*qroːɡ
喔	*qroːɡ
腛	*qroːɡ
媉	*qroːɡ
屋	*qoːɡ
剭	*qoːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qroːɡ): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 屋 (OC *qoːɡ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): wò (wo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): o²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ak¹ / aak¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ak²

• Gan (Wiktionary): ngoh⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): vok

  (Meixian, Guangdong): vog⁵

• Jin (Wiktionary): vah⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): ŏ̤
• Eastern Min (BUC): ók
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ak / ok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): og⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷oq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ngo⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wò
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wò
    • Wade–Giles: wo⁴
    • Yale: wò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woh
    • Palladius: во (vo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: o²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: o
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /o²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: ak¹ / aak¹
    • Yale: āk / āak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ak⁷ / aak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: eg¹ / ag¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐk̚⁵/, /aːk̚⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ak²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ak̚⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ngoh⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔʔ⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vok
    • Hakka Romanization System: vog^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /vok̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: vog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ʋɔk̚¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: vah⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /vaʔ²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ŏ̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ók
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ouʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ak
    • Tâi-lô: ak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ag
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /ak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ak̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ok
    • Tâi-lô: ok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: og
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /ɔk̚⁵/

Note:

• ak - literary;
• ok - vernacular.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: og⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ok
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ok̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷oq
    • MiniDict: oh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴oq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /oʔ⁵⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ngo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋo²⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 握
Mandarin	Beijing	/uo⁵¹/
	Harbin	/uo⁵³/
	Tianjin	/uo⁵³/
	Jinan	/və²¹³/
	Qingdao	/və⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/uo²⁴/
	Xi'an	/nyo²¹/
	Xining	/u⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/və¹³/
	Lanzhou	/və¹³/
	Ürümqi	/vɤ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/uo²¹³/
	Chengdu	/o³¹/
	Guiyang	/o²¹/
	Kunming	/u³¹/
	Nanjing	/uʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/uɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/vaʔ²/
	Pingyao	/uʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/vaʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/oʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/oʔ⁵/ 老 /o⁵⁵/ 新
	Hangzhou	/ʔoʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/v̠u²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/uʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/u⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/ŋo²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/o²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/ŋɔʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/vok̚¹/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/ɐk̚⁵/ /ak̚⁵/
	Nanning	/ɐk̚⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/ɐk̚⁵/ /ak̚⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/ak̚³²/ /ɔk̚³²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/ouʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ɔ²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/ok̚²/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ok̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'aewk

Rime
Character	握
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	於角切
Baxter	'aewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔɔk̚/
Wang Li	/ɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ok3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qroːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	握
Reading #	1/1
No.	13066
Phonetic component	屋
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	渥
Old Chinese	/*qroːɡ/

Definitions

握

1. to hold in the hand; to grip; to grasp
2. to control
3. Classifier for a handful of something.
4. used in 握齪／握龊 (wòchuò)

Synonyms

• (to hold in the hand): 捏 (niē)

Compounds

• 勝券在握 / 胜券在握
• 反握
• 吐哺握髮 / 吐哺握发
• 吐握
• 在握 (zàiwò)
• 大權在握 / 大权在握 (dàquánzàiwò)
• 太阿在握
• 左券在握
• 懷瑾握瑜 / 怀瑾握瑜
• 懷鉛握槧 / 怀铅握椠
• 懷鉛握素 / 怀铅握素
• 把握 (bǎwò)
• 持籌握算 / 持筹握算
• 拿雲握霧 / 拿云握雾
• 掌握 (zhǎngwò)
• 握別 / 握别
• 握力 (wòlì)
• 握圖臨宇 / 握图临宇
• 握手 (wòshǒu)
• 握手極歡 / 握手极欢
• 握手言和
• 握手言歡 / 握手言欢
• 握拳
• 握拳透掌
• 握拳透爪
• 握有
• 握槧懷鉛 / 握椠怀铅
• 握炭流湯 / 握炭流汤
• 握瑜懷玉 / 握瑜怀玉
• 握管
• 握綱提領 / 握纲提领
• 握股公司
• 握蛇騎虎 / 握蛇骑虎
• 握鉤伸鐵 / 握钩伸铁
• 握雨攜雲 / 握雨携云
• 握雲拿霧 / 握云拿雾
• 握雲攜雨 / 握云携雨
• 握霧拿雲 / 握雾拿云
• 握風捕影 / 握风捕影
• 握髮 / 握发
• 握髮吐哺 / 握发吐哺 (wòfàtǔbǔ)
• 握髮吐餐 / 握发吐餐
• 握齪 / 握龊 (wòchuò)
• 握齱 / 握𱌶 (wòchuò)
• 攀握
• 攜雲握雨 / 携云握雨
• 有把握 (yǒu bǎwò)
• 柔握
• 滿有把握 / 满有把握
• 緊握 / 紧握 (jǐnwò)
• 纖不盈握 / 纤不盈握

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 握

握

(Jōyō kanji)

1. grip

Readings

• Go-on: あく (aku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: あく (aku, Jōyō)
• Kun: にぎる (nigiru, 握る, Jōyō)、にぎり (nigiri, 握り)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
握
あく Grade: S
on'yomi

Sino-Japanese.

Affix

握(あく) • (aku) 

1. grip; hold

   握(あく)手(しゅ) ― akushu ― handshake

   握(あく)力(りょく) ― akuryoku ― grip strength

   把(は)握(あく) ― waaku ― control; grasp (understanding)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 握 (MC 'aewk).

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

握

握 (eumhun 쥘 악 (jwil ak))

1. hanja form^? of 악 (“to grasp; to hold fast; to take by hand”)

Compounds

• 악력 (握力, angnyeok)
• 악수 (握手, aksu)
• 장악 (掌握, jang'ak)
• 파악 (把握, paak)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.