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    3. 握

    握

    握にぎ.る

    grip

    N1KMT8Freq #1003Core ConceptsKanji12 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    にぎ.る

    On'yomi

    アク

    gripholdmould sushibribe

    扌屋

    扌
    手
    尸
    至
    厶
    土

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    渥掘据払捶幄擡掛据擡掛挂掘拡揃択払捶掾揶搆渥犀幄孱

    Alternative forms of this concept

    扌

    Concepts using this kanji

    握手

    handshake

    把握

    grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.)

    お握り

    onigiri

    握る

    to clasp

    握らす

    to let (someone) take hold of your hand

    一握り

    a handful (of)

    握り

    grasping

    掌握

    grasping

    握力

    grip (of hand)

    ほんの一握り

    just a handful

    一握

    a handful (of)

    握手会

    handshake event

    握力計

    hand dynamometer

    握り手

    miser

    手を握る

    to join forces (with)

    権力を握る

    to seize power

    握り合う

    to clasp together (esp. hands)

    握手を交わす

    to shake each other's hands

    政権を握る

    to come to power

    握り飯

    onigiri

    握り金玉

    having nothing to do

    主導権を握る

    to seize the initiative

    握り屋

    miser

    握り込む

    to grip

    握り返す

    to grasp back

    手に汗握る

    to sit on the edge of one's seat

    手に汗を握る

    to sit on the edge of one's seat

    ハンドルを握る

    to hold the steering wheel

    お握らず

    onigirazu

    握りつぶし

    shelving

    握りつぶす

    to crush (with one's hands)

    握らせる

    to let a person take hold of

    動向把握

    grasping the trend

    要点把握

    grasping the (main) point

    現状把握

    grasping the present situation

    状況把握

    (one's) grasp of the situation

    握り締める

    to grasp tightly

    弱みを握る

    to have (someone) by the short hairs

    把握反射

    grasp reflex

    財布の紐を握る

    to hold the purse strings

    勝敗の鍵を握る

    to have the game in one's hands

    握把

    holding

    握斧

    (Paleolithic) hand axe

    拳を握る

    to make a fist

    握り拳

    clenched fist

    握り鋏

    U-shaped scissors with no place to put one's fingers

    鍵を握る

    to hold the key (to)

    握り箸

    grasping one's chopsticks the same way one might hold a walking stick (a breach of etiquette)

    握り屁

    farting into one's hand

    握髪吐哺

    (a statesman making) extraordinary efforts to find and employ capable persons (persons of great wisdom)

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 厶
    • 土
    • 尸
    • 扌
    • 手
    • 至

    is_used_in

    • お握り
    • 握らす
    • 握り
    • 握り屋
    • 握りつぶし
    • 握り締める
    • 握る
    • 握手
    • 握斧
    • 握力
    • 一握
    • 一握り
    • 主導権を握る
    • 掌握
    • 把握
    • 握りつぶす
    • 握り飯
    • 握力計
    • 握り拳
    • 権力を握る
    • 勝敗の鍵を握る
    • 握髪吐哺
    • 現状把握
    • 状況把握
    • 動向把握
    • 要点把握
    • 握らせる
    • 手に汗を握る
    • 握り箸
    • 財布の紐を握る
    • 握り返す
    • 政権を握る
    • 鍵を握る
    • 握手を交わす
    • 握り鋏
    • 握手会
    • 拳を握る
    • 握り込む
    • 握把
    • 握り金玉
    • 握り屁
    • 握り合う
    • 弱みを握る
    • ハンドルを握る
    • 握り手
    • 手に汗握る
    • ほんの一握り
    • 把握反射
    • 手を握る
    • お握らず

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